Sectionalism
Describe the economies of the North and South before the Civil War.
North:
South:
2) North: industry (manufacturing)
South: (agriculture)
Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, is significant because:
12) Ft. Sumter is the site of the first battle of the Civil War.
Name the main cause of the Civil War.
Slavery
What was the down side to sharecropping?
22) Many former slaves became trapped in a cycle of debt from purchasing tools and seeds.
What was the effect of the 13th Amendment?
19) Freed the slaves
The Missouri Compromise dealt with the issue of ____.
_____ entered as a free state, and _____ entered as a slave state.
1) slavery, Maine, Missouri
What event triggered the secession of southern states before the Civil War?
11) The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
The Battle of Vicksburg was significant because the Union Army divided the Confederacy in half and took control of what river?
15) Mississippi
Describe the economy of the west.
2) Mining, agriculture, ranching
What was the effect of the 14th Amendment?
19) granted citizenship to black Americans
What was the effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?
5) It made Northerners really angry and caused more of them to get involved in the movement to abolish slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation stated what?
13) Slaves in Confederate states were free
The end of the Civil War came when General _____ of the _____ surrendered to General _____ of the _____ in the town of _____.
17) General Lee of the South surrendered to General Grant of the North (union) in Appomattox Court House.
What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case that applied to how slaves/black people were viewed?
7) Black people were not considered citizens and had no protection under the Constitution to bring a court case and
slaves are simple property that cannot be taken away
President Andrew Johnson supported which "reconstruction amendment" and campaigned against which reconstruction amendment?
20) 13th, 14th
From the list of compromises, name the three that dealt with slavery: Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis, Great Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, Compromise of 1877
3) Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Battle of Gettysburg was significant because it was the bloodiest battle in US history, and...
16) The North was able to fight off Confederate invasion into their territory.
How do you think the assassination of Abraham Lincoln affected reconstruction. THINK- any reasonable answer will be accepted.
18) Any reasonable answer.
Describe the most divisive part of the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision.
8) Chief Justice Taney said the Constitution protected slavery because it was unconstitutional to ban it.
What was the southern response to the 15th Amendment?
21) Efforts were made to stop blacks from voting such as black codes, Jim Crow laws, and the KKK terrorizing blacks and those that helped them.
How did the Nullification Crisis challenge the US Constitution?
6) A state (South Carolina) tried to nullify or cancel a federal law (a tariff).
South Carolina was testing how much power it had when dealing with the federal government (federalism).
What was the main effect of the Emancipation Proclamation (not freeing the slaves)?
14) Changed the reason for the war from preserving the Union to freeing the slaves.
How did the economy of the South hurt the South?
How did the economy of the North help the North?
9) The South lacked industry to supply the war, and a good network of railroads to get things around
10) The North had industry to supply the war and a good network of railroads to transport military and weapons.
Why was the Nullification Crisis a sectional issue?
The North liked tariffs because they helped the North (by making more people buy Northern goods), and the South hated them, because they hurt the South (by making imported goods more expensive).
Name the Reconstruction plan that was put in place AND the party that passed it in Congress.
The Reconstruction Act of 1867, the Republicans (Radical Republicans)