Build the Civil War
What are 2 of the 3 majors causes of the Civil War
Slavery vs. Anti-Slavery
Agriculture vs. Industry
State Rights vs. Federal Rights
Name two strengths and two weaknesses of the South
Strengths
Strong Generals
Home field advantage
Fighting for a cause
Weaknesses
Much smaller population
Not nearly as industrialized
No Navy
Few Railroads
Who were the Pulaski Six?
Six former Confederate Soldiers, who created the Klu Klux Klan
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Provided, Farmland, Education, Legal Assistance, Schools
What is the KKK and what was there goal
Klu Klux Klan
Return the South to pre-civil war society
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 accomplish?
Missouri Compromise 1820
Missouri joins Union as a slave state
Maine enters Union as a free state
Lands (gained by the Louisiana Purchase) North of 36,30 parallel can will automatically be free state.
Name two strengths and two weaknesses of the North
Strengths
Much larger Population
(21 million vs. 9 million)
Industrialized
Rail Road
Navy
Weaknesses
Invading Force
Conquer Large Territory
Poor Generals
Who is Andrew Johnson and why is he relevant to Reconstuction?
Lincoln's former Vice President, becomes President when Lincoln is assassinated, has very different views on reconstruction, then Lincoln did.
What is a Carpetbagger
Person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. (Could also be political)
What was the Name of the Book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which discussed the misery of slave life.
Hint: I said it was like the Harry Potter of it's time because it was popular and everyone knew about it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What is the final straw that leads to South Carolina, leaving the Union?
Election of Lincoln
Which Battle of the Civil War is often called the turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Who was Robert E Lee?
Leader of the Confederate Army, superior general who was able to keep the South in the war despite significant disadvantages
What were Black Codes?
Laws in Southern States that were made to keep blacks in essentially slave roles, effected jobs they could get, where they could live, etc.
What was the first TRUE Battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run/ Battle of Manassas
What was the outcome of the Dread Scott Case?
Black people can not be citizens of the united states
Don’t have rights and privileges of a citizen
What events starts the Civil War?
Played major role in victory at Gettysburg, by holding Little Round Top
What 3 things did the Confederate States have to do as their punishment for "causing" the Civil War.
Comply with 13th amendment
Swear loyalty to the Union
South Pay off war debt
What is the importance of the Siege/Battle of Vicksburg Mississippi?
Control of Mississippi River
Helps lead to Grant becoming lead General of the Union Army
What 3 things were put in place as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California Free State
Slave trade in Washington DC
Fugitive Slave Laws
What is the Significance of the Battle of Antietam?
End's Robert E. Lee (1st Offensive in North)
Bloodiest Single Day of the Civil War
Major Union Victory = Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation
Executive Order freeing all slaves
Why is William Bedford Forrest of historical significance?
Former Confederate Soldier who becomes the first Grand Wizard of the KKK
What are two of four parts, of the 1867 Reconstruction Act
The South was divided into five military districts and governed by military governors until acceptable state constitutions could be written and approved by Congress.
All males, regardless of race, but excluding former Confederate leaders, were permitted to participate in the constitutional conventions that formed the new governments in each state.
New state constitutions were required to provide for universal manhood suffrage (voting rights for all men) without regard to race.
States were required to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in order to be readmitted to the Union.
What decision lead to Kansas becoming known as "Bleeding" Kansas
Slave State or Free State would be decided by a vote