Causes of Civil War
The event that caused the South to secede
What is the Election of 1860 or the Election of Abraham Lincoln?
The election of this man led to the secession of the Southern states; he was assassinated 5 days after the end of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These were states that had slaves but did not secede
What are border states?
This event ended Reconstruction in the South
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Name the form of transportation that helped the North win the Civil War
What are railroads?
What state entered the US as a free country after the Mexican Cession under the Compromise of 1850?
What is California?
This man led an attempted slave revolt at Harpers' Ferry and murdered 5 pro-slavery men in the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas
Who is John Brown?
Document proclaiming slaves behind Confederate lines free and recruiting former slaves into the Union Army
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
During Reconstruction, this was a derogatory term for Northerners who moved to the South for economic gain and voted Republican
Who are carpetbaggers?
Name one of the main tactics used to prevent African Americans from voting
What is the literacy test, poll tax, or grandfather clause?
This was the goal of the Wilmot Proviso
What is outlawing the expansion of slavery in the west?
This man led the March to the Sea, using total war to weaken the South's will to fight by destroying the Georgia and South Carolina countryside
Who is William T. Sherman?
Turning point battle in the Civil War that led to US victory
Form of labor in the South that replaced slavery during the Reconstruction era; Black farmers would rent land from white farmers by paying with a portion of the crops raised
What is sharecropping?
The Civil War proved this level of government to be supreme
What is the federal government?
What compromise used to balance slave and free states did the Compromise of 1850 overturn?
This President wanted to reunite the states quickly without punishing the South and opposed the growth of the federal government in the wake of the Civil War
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Bloodiest day of the Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation was passed soon after this
What is Antietam?
The 14th amendment overturned this Supreme Court ruling
What is the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
This was President Lincoln's main goal for the Civil War
What is preserving the Union (or the US)?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act is an example of what provision of the Compromise of 1850?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
These were members of Congress who wanted to punish the South for their role in the war; they believed that Johnson and Lincoln's plans were not harsh enough
Who were the Radical Republicans OR Thaddeus Stevens?
Name the 3 components of the Anaconda Plan
What were blockade of the South, capture the Mississippi River, and capture the capital of Richmond?
Government organization designed to help African Americans and poor whites by providing food, clothing, and medical care and setting up schools and hospitals
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
Name the 3 Civil War amendments and their purpose
What are abolishing slavery (13), establishing citizenship (14), and voting rights (15)?