Battles
Which place was used as a launching point to attack Charleston?
Port Royal
Why did the Ku Klux Klan form?
Could limit social, economic, and political progress of African Americans with terror
What act/compromise allowed California to enter as a free state, outlawed the slave trade, and made popular sovereignty decided slavery for new states?
Compromise of 1850
Define sectionalism
Loyalty to a particular region instead of the nation as a whole
Main reason Lincoln won the election of 1860
Southerners split their votes up among different candidates
What type of military strategy did the Confederate army use?
Defensive War
"South Carolina should seceded only with support of other southern states" What group said this?
Cooperationists
What document was written when SC and six other states wanted to secede from the US?
Ordinance of Secession
What did southerners fear about the US expanding west?
Feared that if slavery could not expand eventually slavery would be outlawed
True or False:John C. Calhoun supported the doctrine of states rights and nullification?
True
How was the H.L Hunley used during the Civil War?
Confederate submarine used to break northern blockade
Which group favored remaining part of the Union?
Unionists
Which act/compromise repealed the Missouri Compromise and allowed citizens a choice on slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Why did SC want to secede from the Union?
Afraid Lincoln would outlaw slavery
What did Robert Smalls do after the Civil War?
He was a SC legislator and congressmen
When the south withheld cotton from Europe and they began trading with Egypt. This is called?
King Cotton Diplomacy
Southerners who supported Republicans to benefit on economic opportunities?
Scalawags
What was the problem with land after the Mexican American War?
New states created an imbalance of slave versus free states
What impact did the abolitionist movement have in SC?
It made slave owners want to keep their slaves even more
What was created that allowed African Americans to join the Union Army?
Emancipation Proclamation
List 2 of the Unions military tactics
-Break Confederacy into 2 at the Mississippi River
-Attack the capital of Richmond, VA
-Destroy transportation systems
Purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
First line of assistance for ANYONE affected by the war
Which act/compromise resulted in a balance of power between free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
Allowed slavery everywhere in the United States
Which amendments were designed to protect the rights of African Americans?
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments