Civil War
Which crop was important to the American economy but also tied to slavery?
Cotton was the important American crop that encouraged the use of slavery.
What was abolitionism?
Abolitionism was the belief that slavery needed to be ended.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska act decide?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, promoted by Stephen Douglas, allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether they would allow slavery. This was called popular sovereignty, and it resulted in a lot of violence in Kansas so that it became known as "Bleeding Kansas."
Abraham Lincoln was first elected President in what year?
1860
When the Southern states seceded, what name did they give their country?
The Confederate States of America.
Which event began the Civil War?
The firing on Fort Sumter.
What does each Reconstruction amendment decide?
13th amendment abolishes slavery.
14th amendment declares all people born in US are citizens.
15th amendment grants voting rights to all citizens.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
The Missouri Compromise said that Missouri could enter as a slave state only if Maine entered as a free state, and that all slavery north of the 36'30 parallel was illegal.
How did the South respond when Lincoln was elected president?
They seceded from the Union.
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia.
What was the date of the Battle of Fort Sumter?
April 12, 1861.
Abraham Lincoln
The Battle of Vicksburg gave the Union control of which place?
The Mississippi River
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth and died on April 15, 1865.
What was Reconstruction?
The Reconstruction Era was the time in which the United States attempted to rebuild the country and especially to rebuild the South.
What event effectively ended the Civil War?
The surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomatox Courthouse in 1865 on April 9.
Identify three significant abolitionists we have studied.
John Brown, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison.
What is the definition of a border state?
A border state is a part of the Union that remained Union but still had slaves.
What happened in the election of 1864?
George McClellan ran against Abraham Lincoln but was defeated, and Lincoln was reelected.
Who was Andrew Johnson? With whom did he clash during the Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's Vice President, so he become President when Lincoln was assassinated. Johnson clashed with the Radical Republican in Congress.
Identify the following generals and match with the battle they won.
Lee, McClellan, Grant, Sherman, Jackson.
Shiloh, Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg
March to the Sea (Atlanta, Savannah)
BAttle of Antietam
Seven Days Battle
Bull Run
Lee - leader of the Confederate army, Seven Days Battle
McClellan - leader of the Northern army, Antietam
Sherman, March to the Sea, Union
Jackson, Bull Run, Confederacy
Grant - Vicksburg, Donelson, Shiloh - Union
When did Lincoln issue this document? When did it go into effect?
After the battle of Antietam in September of 1862, and it went into effect on January 1, 1863.
What did the Supreme Courte case Dred Scott vs. Sandford decide?
The case decided that slavery was protected by the Constitution; the government could not interfere with slavery as these people were considered property and enslaved people were not U.S citizens. This meant that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
What did the Compromise of 1877 decide?
The Compromise of 1877 decided Rutherford B. Hayes would become president in exchange for ending Reconstruction.
What was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
Antietam