Causes of the Civil War
Why did Southern leaders want to keep slavery?
It was important to their way of life and economy.
What 2 states were involved in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine and Missouri
What is the 13th Amendment?
The law that ended slavery.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Gives U.S. citizenship to anyone born in the United States
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What was the main state involved in the Compromise of 1850?
California
Was California considered a free or slave state?
Free state
What is the 15th Amendment?
Gave African American men the right to vote.
What is reconstruction?
The time after the Civil War when the United States worked to bring the southern states back into the country and fix the damage caused by the war.
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How did the Missouri Compromise keep the states balanced?
The imaginary line balanced free states and slave states.
What year was the fugitive slave Act and what was it?
1850 and required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.
Which side won the Civil War?
The Union or the North
**DAILY DOUBLE** Which President had to lead the reconstruction period after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
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To protect slavery, what did the South do that led to the Civil War?
The South decided to leave the Union and form their own country (secede).
Who was elected president in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
How many sections was the south divided in during the Reconstruction Act?
Five
Give an example of one of the new laws created to help African Americans.
New schools and equal rights
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Explain the main difference between the Union and Confederate states.
The union was considered the North and did not approve of slavery. The confederate states were considered the South and they allowed slavery.
The United States was divided into regions or sections. What is the term for this?
Sectionalism
After the reconstruction period ended, what happened to African American laws?
Many of these new laws that helped African Americans were taken away. New rules were created to keep African Americans from voting and to separate them from white people in public places.
Abraham Lincoln and the Union had a big job after the war. What was it?
After the war, there was the big job of figuring out how to readmit the southern states that had been part of the Confederacy and how to help the freed African Americans.
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