Antebellum
What is the name of the system that forcibly transported Africans to the Americas to work as slaves?
Transatlantic Slave Trade, Triangular Trade, Atlantic Slave Trade
Why did white Americans refer to Native Americans as the "Indian Problem"? What was the problem?
White Americans wanted land in the west, but Native Americans already lived there which the US government saw as a "problem".
What did Lincoln initially believe the Civil War was about? What did he realize it was about later on?
Bringing the South back into the Union, ending slavery
Identify two methods OTHER THAN VIOLENCE used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans.
Grandfather clause, literacy tests, poll tax, threats of being fired or evicted, etc
Where is the Atlantic Ocean located?
Eastern coast of US
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
Required escaped slaves be returned to their owners in the South, even if they made it to a northern "free" state.
Explain the connection between westward expansion and the growing tension over slavery.
Will new states added on in the west be free or slave states?
Who instigated the Battle of Gettsyburg?
Robert E. Lee & the Confederates
Explain the difference between scalawags and redeemers.
Scalawags= southerners who supported rights for African Americans
Redeemers= southern democrats who wanted to take back the South to restore it to its former glory
Who can declare a law made by the legislative branch is unconstitutional?
Supreme Court/ Judicial Branch
Why did many women become abolitionists? Identify an example of a women's rights activist that was ALSO an abolitionist. Give the persons first and last name.
They could related to being seen as inferior to men- Angelina Grimke, Sarah Grimke, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, etc
Why did white Americans target the buffalo during the era of westward expansion?
The buffalo were resource necessary for Native American survival in the Great Plains.
Identify Lincoln's three reasons why the Union needed to keep fighting in his Gettysburg Address.
1. honor dead soldiers
2. prove democracy works
3. abolish slavery
Name of the man who challenged segregation laws by sitting in the "all white" train car. (first and last name)
Homer Plessy
What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy vs Ferguson?
Brown vs Board of Education
Even though most Americans didn't vote for him, Abraham Lincoln became president through the Electoral College. Approximately what percentage of American voters voted for him?
~40%
EXPLAIN the connection between Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Colonel Custer.
They all were leaders during the Battle of Little Bighorn. Sitting Bull & Crazy horse led the Native Americans in Battle, ultimately defeating Colonel Custer in what became known as "Custer's Last Stand".
How did Stonewall Jackson die?
shot by his own nervous men
List the order of U.S. presidents who led the country from 1861-1877.
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes
What was the Nullification Crisis? Why was this a "crisis"?
South Carolina felt that Andrew Jackson's tariffs were unconstitutional & refused to pay them... Jackson threatened to use force to make them pay... eventually a compromise was reached but this highlighted tension over distribution of state vs federal powers
Attempt to reduce alcohol consumption, women because they were the most common victims of domestic abuse related to alcohol.
How did Chief Sitting Bull die?
Was shot by a U.S. officer over confusion & his support related to the ghost dance.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
For Sumter, South Carolina
Explain the connection between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
The work that was started during Reconstruction to give African Americans legal rights was largely unfinished until the Civil Rights Movement in the mid 1900s.
What were the three goals of the Anaconda Plan?
1. surround Confederacy with blockades
2. take the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half
3. capture Richmond, VA (Confederate capital)