Civil War 1
First battle of the Civil War was fought here
Fort Sumter
Ulysses S Grant
What system of farming/agriculture replaced the free labor of slavery?
Sharecropping
Organization set up to help freed slaves post-abolition
Freedmen's Bureau
What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott?
1. Dred Scott cannot sue for his freedom, because:
2. Black people aren't citizens
3. Congress cannot prohibit slavery from states/territories
One way that Lincoln limited civil liberties during the Civil War
Censored press, suspended habeas corpus
Northern-most battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Why was the Ku Klux Klan founded?
to intimidate prevent Republicans and freed Black people from exercising their newfound rights
Laws that formalized segregation following the Plessy v. Ferguson decision
Jim Crow laws
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
1. Missouri admitted as a slave state
2. Maine admitted as a free state
3. Missouri compromise line, above which slavery was prohibited
What are 2 components of the Compromise of 1850?
California admitted as a free state, AZ/NM/NV organized as territories with no mention of slavery, slave trade outlawed in DC, fugitive slave law
What was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal during the Civil War?
Preserve the Union
What were the Black Codes and what were their purpose?
Laws passed in former Confederate states aimed at limiting the liberty and social mobility of Black people
Ways that states prevented Black men from voting
KKK, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests
What is considered the end of Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
What principle championed by Stephen A. Douglas was put into practice by the Kansas-Nebraska act?
Popular Sovereignty
What advantages did the North have over the South?
More industrialized, larger population, wealthier
How did Congressional Republicans react to their disagreement with President Johnson over Reconstruction plans?
Congress impeached Johnson
Name of the myth that the Civil War was not fought over slavery
Lost Cause
Harper's Ferry
What is considered the final battle of the Civil War, and is where Lee surrendered to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
Battle after which Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
What law was Johnson impeached for breaking?
Tenure of Office Act
What are the 3 Reconstruction Amendments and what do they do
13th Amendment - Abolishes slavery
14th Amendment - Birthright citizenship & equal protection
15th Amendment - Universal male suffrage
First state to secede
South Carolina