Expansion of Slavery
What was the primary economic system that relied on slavery in the Southern states?
Plantation agriculture
What was one of the key disagreements over states' rights leading up to the Civil War?
Right of states to nullify federal laws
What event marked the official start of the Civil War?
Firing on Fort Sumter
What did the 13th Amendment accomplish?
Abolition of slavery
What were some economic problems faced during Reconstruction?
Poverty and unemployment
This invention increased the demand for slavery by making cotton processing faster.
Cotton gin
How did tariffs create tension between the North and South?
South believed tariffs favored Northern industries over Southern agriculture
This famous speech by Abraham Lincoln redefined the war’s purpose, stating that "all men are created equal."
Gettysburg Address
Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
How did political issues during Reconstruction affect African Americans?
Faced discrimination and legislative barriers to voting
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and banned slavery north of the 36°30' line.
Missouri Compromise
What was the primary reason Southern states seceded from the Union
Desire to maintain slavery and states' rights
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Free the slaves in the Confederate states?
What did the 14th Amendment guarantee?
Citizenship and equal protection under the law for all person
This group used violence to intimidate freed African Americans and stop them from voting
The Ku Klux Klan
This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress couldn't ban slavery in the territories.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
This battle was the bloodiest single day in American history.
Battle of Antietam
Name a significant legislative reform program during Radical Reconstruction.
Establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau
Compare the experiences of slaves and free Blacks during Reconstruction.
Free Blacks faced different challenges, including economic inequality and discrimination?
This 1854 law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery themselves, leading to violent conflict.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What constitutional issues arose regarding states' rights during the Civil War?
Conflicts over state sovereignty versus federal authority
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at this location
Appomattox Court House
This amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This plan, supported by Radical Republicans, wanted to punish the South and give rights to freedmen.
Radical Reconstruction