Civil War Fast Facts
Who were the two sides that were fighting in the Civil War
North v. South (2X Points if you said Union v. Confederacy)
What do we call the states that stayed in the Union but kept slavery
Border States (2x points if you can name one of these states)
What does reconstruction mean in Social Studies
To rebuild the nation's morale and infrastructure after the Civil War
What happened to Lincoln
He was assassinated
Why was the Civil War the deadliest war in American history?
Both sides were Americans, each death was an American Death
Why was it important to have an equal number of free and slave states?
So neither ideology had more power in congress
What is ACTIVE resistance
Obvious form of resistance. Generally use of violence is involved.
Who takes over for President Lincoln after he was assassinated?
What was the Main Cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Free the Slaves
What is Passive Resistance
A lowkey, or hidden form of resistance. Not easily apparent.
Who was Jefferson Davis
The President of the South
All Northern States banned slavery (True or False)
False
When were the last slaves freed?
June 19th, 1865
What is Juneteenth
The day that the last of the slaves were freed.
Why was the Southern Economy ruined?
The southern economy was built on slavery, slavery was now outlawed, leaving the southern economy in ruins
Lincoln's main goal was to ban slavery
False (2x points if you can state his main goal)
What was the limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation and why would Lincoln limit it?
Northern Slaves were NOT freed. He did this so Northern Slave states would not join the South.
What does Emancipation mean?
To Free/Be Freed
What does the 13th Amendment do?
End Slavery