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PRE-CIVIL
PRE-CIVIL
CIVIL
RECONSTRUCTION
RECONSTRUCTION
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A group of people who brought the issue of the immorality of slavery before the American people
What is abolitionist
100
Did all northerners consider blacks and whites equal in all ways?
What is NO
100
These European governments saw advantages in a southern victory but pursued cautious policies toward both the Union and the Confederacy.
What is Britain and France
100
Northerners who went South for various reasons after the war.
What is Carpetbagger
100
A test to determine whether a person can read or write
What is Literacy test
200
The owner of the Liberator, he demanded the immediate abolition of slavery
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
200
This man was associated with Harper's Ferry
Who is John Brown
200
He was the Union general at the end of the Civil War
Who is Grant
200
Blacks became citizens of the U.S. with the passing of this amendment
What is 14th Amendment
200
Restrictions on blacks after the war, in an effort to keep them as close to bondage as legally possible.
What is black codes
300
Those who supported slavery argued that blacks were "backward" people who needed to be civilized and exposed to what religion?
What is Christianity
300
He helped formulate the idea of popular sovereignty
Who is Stephen Douglas
300
What abolished slavery throughout the whole nation?
What is 13th Amendment
300
Farmers who worked the land in exchange for a portion of the crop.
What is sharecroppers
300
Granted black male suffrage
What is 15th amendment
400
Those who supported slavery argued that slave labor was provided better living/working conditions than what counterpart of the North?
What is factory workers (sweatshops/tenements)
400
A supreme court decision that declared blacks were not citizens, therefore could not sue in a court of law. Further, the court declared that slaves were "property" and that the federal government could not dictate where people could take them, thus making the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. This, in effect, opened the west to slavery
What is Dred Scott Decision
400
He was the commanding general in charge of all Confederate forces
Who is Robert E. Lee
400
This is where Lincoln was shot
What is Fords theatre
400
A secret society who defied law by using intimidation and violence
What is Ku Klux Klan
500
Those who opposed slavery argued that slavery violated the U.S. creed of "all men are created equal," which appears in what document?
What is Declaration of Independance
500
A senator from South Carolina who was a strong voice for states rights and the right to own slaves.
Who is John C. Calhoun
500
A speech made by Lincoln to dedicate a battleground and added the war aim of abolishing slavery.
What is Gettysburg Address
500
This restored political rights to former confederates.
What is Amnesty Act.
500
The principle of segregation was upheld in this supreme court case when it was ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional (1898)
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson