Causes
Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy, which was based on cash crop agriculture.
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln.
What battle resulted in the loss of the Mississippi River for the Confederacy in 1863?
The Battle of Vicksburg.
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to:
Withdraw federal troops from the South.
What was the southern economy based on?
Cash crop agriculture (especially cotton).
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) declare?
Territories could use popular sovereignty (voting) to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state or a free state.
Who did General Lee surrender to at Appomattox Court House?
General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union.
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter (1861).
The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the:
The 15th Amendment.
Which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Only slaves in the Confederate states.
What political party did the North elect before/during the Civil War?
The Republican Party (Lincoln).
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg (1863).
The Freedman’s Bureau was established during Reconstruction to:
Provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education
What is conscription?
Forcing people to serve in the military (drafting) during a time of national crisis.
This event triggered the Secession Crisis that directly caused the war.
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah, GA. that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman of the Union.
What was the name for the Union strategy to win the war?
The Anaconda Plan (by Union Gen. Winfield Scott)
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
The 14th Amendment.
What happened to the southern economy during the war?
It crashed. High inflation drove up prices for all goods.
What is Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the Kansas territory between pro- and anti-slavery forces.
Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859?
John Brown (an abolitionist).
What Civil War battle was the bloodiest single day in America’s history? (at that time)
The Battle of Antietam (1862).
These codes were designed to place harsh economic and social restrictions on the newly freed slaves of the South.
Black codes
What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?
The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877).