Vocabulary
Replaced slavery as form of labor after the Civil War; allowed laborers to live on land in return for a share of the crop/profit
sharecropping
Those who wanted to pass a national law to end the practice of slavery
abolitionists
What was used to hurt the South's economy during the Civil War?
Union blockade
How did white Democratic politicians in GA show their supremacy over African-American political leaders?
expelled them from the General Assembly and wouldn't allow them to take their seats
What was included in the Compromise of 1850?
California comes in as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act
Before the Civil War, having the same number of slave and free states meant what?
There was a political balance of power in the Senate
Winner of the 1860 presidential election; led to secession of states in the South
Abraham Lincoln
What was the purpose of the March to the Sea (Sherman's march through Georgia) and where did the March end?
Purpose: destroy Confederate resources
Ended in Savannah
Give the correct key word for each of the Reconstruction plans: Lincoln's , Johnson's, Congressional
Lincoln's: Heal
Johnson's: Lenient
Congressional: Punish
Give two ways slaves would resist being enslaved
work slow, damage tools, escape, pretend to be sick
The political act of formally withdrawing or removing oneself from a larger group; give an example
secession; Southern states secede from the United States of America to form the Confederate States of America
Union General responsible for the campaign to capture Atlanta and the March to the Sea
William Sherman
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed slaves in areas controlled by the Confederacy
Give the correct key word/term for each of the Reconstruction Amendments: 13, 14, 15
13: freedom
14: citizenship
15: voting rights
What did the Georgia Platform do?
Stated that GA would accept the Compromise of 1850 if the Fugitive Slave Act was enforced
The idea that if a state doesn't agree or like a law passed by the U.S. government they can throw out or ignore the law
nullification
What was the importance of the Dred Scott ruling?
Supreme Court declared that blacks were not citizens regardless of their status (slave, free, fugitive)
Prisoner of war camp in South GA where thousands of Union soldiers died due to overcrowded conditions
Andersonville
What organization worked against the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau to help former slaves?
Ku Klux Klan
Why did Southerners fear Lincoln becoming president?
They knew he would allow a law to abolish slavery if given the chance
The belief that states had power over anything not specifically given to the U.S. government in the Constitution and those powers can't be taken away
states' rights
Vice-president of the Confederate States from Georgia
Alexander Stephens
Why was Atlanta such an important military target for the Union?
Industry (could produce supplies) and transportation (railroads)
What was life like in Georgia and the South for former slaves following the Civil War?
Most were forced into sharecropping which was much like slavery and kept them in poverty with little chance of advancement
What does the word "antebellum" mean?
"before the war"