Slavery & Abolition
What issue created great conflict between the North and South in the mid-1800s?
(slavery in new territories and states)
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say about deciding on slavery?
(Voters in the new state decide)
Who won the election of 1860 and led to Southern secession?
(Abraham Lincoln)
What was the Union's goal immediately after Fort Sumter?
(To reunite the nation)
thiWhat did the 14th Amendment grant African Americans?
(Equal rights under the law)
What word means “separation of people by race”?
Segregation
What was the effect of the Dred Scott decision?
(It was a pro-slavery decision that denied citizenship to African Americans)
Who led a march through Georgia and used “total war”?
(William T. Sherman)
What was a Southern advantage in the Civil War?
(Fighting on familiar terrain)
What did the 15th Amendment prohibit?
(Voting restrictions based on race or color)
What were the Black Codes?
(Laws for controlling African Americans and restricting their rights)
What was one provision of the Compromise of 1850?
(California admitted as a free state)
Who helped wounded soldiers and later founded the American Red Cross?
(Clara Barton)
Who was allowed to enlist in the Union Army after the Emancipation Proclamation?
(African Americans)
What is a poll tax?
(A fee paid to vote)
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
(13th Amendment)
What event started the Civil War?
(Confederate attack on Fort Sumter)
What did Frederick Douglass mean by “blotting out the handwriting of ages against us”?
(Challenging long-standing racism through bravery and service)
Why did the Union win the war?
(More wealth, industry, and manpower)
Even though they were subjected to the violence of enslavement before the Civil War and to terrorism and discrimination during Reconstruction, African Americans made efforts to improve their condition. What efforts did African Americans make to improve their lives before, during, and after the war?
Before: Saw family on sundays, created music
During: Ran away, destroyed crops etc
After: Joined the Union army
Which African Americans remained enslaved even after the Emancipation Proclamation?
(Those in border states)
What is “popular sovereignty”?
(Letting people decide an issue by voting)
Who helped slaves escape and spied for the Union?
(Harriet Tubman)
What was the name of the Union’s strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River?
(Anaconda Plan)
Who had the legal power to declare war and raise armies, NOT the President
Congress