North vs. South
This region had more than two-thirds of the nation’s railroad tracks by 1860.
What is the North?
This battle marked the official start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This 1863 speech included the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The Compromise of 1877 required Hayes to withdraw these from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
What are federal troops?
The Federalist Papers supported the ratification of this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Geographic factors made this region rely heavily on slavery and the plantation system.
What is the South?
This 1863 battle was the turning point in the East, ending Lee’s hopes of invading the North.
What is Gettysburg?
Lincoln suspended this right, challenging individual liberties during the Civil War.
What is habeas corpus?
This organization most successfully provided education for former slaves.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
The Whiskey Rebellion proved the strength of this new government.
What is the federal government?
The Union naval blockade of the South hurt the Confederacy’s finances by preventing this crop’s export.
What is cotton?
General Grant and General Sherman were more successful than earlier Union leaders because they employed these kinds of strategies.
What are aggressive strategies and perseverance?
The Emancipation Proclamation allowed these states to keep their slaves, showing Lincoln’s priority was preserving the Union.
What are the border states?
This group pushed for harsher treatment of the South and protection of freedmen’s rights.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
This principle of government is illustrated in the US Constitution, which called for three branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
This city was targeted by Sherman because it was a key Confederate manufacturing and railroad hub.
What is Atlanta?
If Jefferson Davis had secured this, the Confederacy might have gained weapons, supplies, and loans.
What is European recognition?
After Antietam, Lincoln issued this document to shift the war’s focus to ending slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating this law.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
A tariff on imported goods was one part of Henry Clay’s economic program, known as this.
What is the American System?
Vicksburg was a turning point because it controlled access to this major river.
What is the Mississippi River?
This battle’s Union momentum gave Lincoln the chance to redefine the war with the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
In both the Gettysburg Address and his Second Inaugural, Lincoln emphasized this goal for the nation after the war.
What is reconciliation and preservation of the Union?
This 1867 law divided the South into military districts and required new constitutions.
What is the First Reconstruction Act?
The belief that Americans had a divine mission to spread liberty and Christianity across the continent was called this.
What is Manifest Destiny?