Vocabulary
Secede
to formally withdraw from the Union
Harriet Tubman
American abolitionist who escaped slavery and assisted other enslaved Africans to escape
what was the Fugitive Slave Acts
It made it a crime to help runaway slaves
What was the significance of the battle of Antietam?
It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and the US history
Why did southern republicans lose power during the 1870s
Horace Mann
American educator, considered the father of American public education
What impact did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the nation?
it showed some of the cruelties of slavery and it influenced many Northerners to support the end of slavery
Explain how the South kept many Northern soldiers out of the main battle
They kept attacking forts on the far west
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the northerners the violent reality of slavery
Stephen Douglas
American politician and pro-slavery nominee for president, he debated Abraham Lincoln about slavery during the Illinois senatorial race
Why was "Bleeding Kansas" sometimes called the pre-Civil War?
Because it was one of the first fights concerning slavery, it happened at Pottawatomie between pro-slavery and anti-slavery
Explain Sherman's "March to the Sea" and its significance
Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroyng everything in between. The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.
What were reasons that African Americans went back into another form of slavery during the Reconstruction period?
-poll taxes
-literacy tests
- segregation and Jim Crow laws
-KKK
Ironclads
A warship that is heavily armored with iron
John Brown
American abolitionist who helped fuel the violence in Bleeding Kansas and was executed for his role in organizing a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
What was the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
It made Lincoln famous because of his beliefs about slavery, it made Lincoln get many votes
Emancipation
freeing of the slaves
Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
How did white southerners justify slavery?
Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end of slavery would have a a big impact in the South economy where they relied on slave labor. The cotton economy would collapse. The tobacco crop would dry int he fields. Rice would cease being profitable.
What do you think led to the South's defeat in the Civil War?
The South lost mainly because the British didn't help them, but also because the North had better equipment and more troops
Do you think the South was successful or unsuccessful in its rebuilding efforts?
South failed to give more rights and freedoms to African Americans although African Americans had begun to work towards it. Southern industries developed though.