Causing a Stir
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What was the Union's military strategy called?
The Anaconda Plan
What 1863 document freed slaves in Confederate areas?
Emancipation Proclamation
What agency helped former slaves with education and housing?
Freedmen’s Bureau
What happened to the Southern economy after the war?
It collapsed due to loss of enslaved labor and destruction
What 1854 law led to violence known as “Bleeding Kansas”?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What political group pushed for military Reconstruction and full rights for freedmen?
Radical Republicans
What system kept freedmen economically dependent and in debt?
Sharecropping
What Supreme Court decision declared Black people were not citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What was Sherman’s goal during his “March to the Sea”?
Destroy the South’s ability to fight and morale (Total War)
Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection?
14th Amendment
Why was President Andrew Johnson impeached?
He opposed Congressional Reconstruction and tried to block protections for freedmen
What did the Supreme Court rule in U.S. v. Cruikshank?
The federal government couldn’t punish individuals for racial violence
This legal action by President Lincoln, which suspended a basic civil liberty, showed how executive power expanded during the Civil War.
What is the suspension of habeas corpus?
What group helped elect Lincoln and scared Southern Democrats?
The Wide Awakes
Why was control of the Mississippi River important to the Union?
It split the Confederacy and cut off resources (Vicksburg)
What loophole in the 13th Amendment allowed forced labor to continue? (as in when is it allowed)
As punishment for a crime
What violent group aimed to stop Black voting and civil rights?
Ku Klux Klan
What myth glorified the Confederacy and downplayed slavery?
The Lost Cause
What was the Confederacy’s official stance on slavery in its constitution?
It explicitly protected and ensured the expansion of slavery
Cotton Diplomacy
What were “Black Codes” designed to do after the war?
Control and limit the rights of freed people
What compromise ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
What was the Exoduster Movement?
Migration of freedmen to Kansas for opportunity and safety