Slavery
What did Eli Whitney invent and what was its effect on slavery?
Cotton gin
It could remove seeds faster and more slave labor was required to process larger amounts.
What was the name of the lawsuit where a black American man argued for his freedom and rights as a citizen.
Dred Scott Case
The case went up to the Supreme Court and it was decided he was NOT a citizen and had no rights.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Did it free all the slaves?
Lincoln freed the slaves in the 11 Confederate states.
(If he aimed at border states, they would have left the Union.)
What was the 13th Amendent?
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and why?
Abraham Lincoln.
To dedicate the cemetary AND call the nation to keep fighting to preserve the Union and its ideals.
Name an abolitionist and what they were known for?
William Llyod Garrison - started a newspaper (The Liberator) and fought for cruelty of slavery.
Frederick Douglas - a former slave who moved to North and gained freedom. A great orator and writer.
Sojourner Truth - Her speech "Ain't I a Woman?" spoke of the problems women slaves faced.
Who said, "A house divided against itself can not stand" and what does it mean?
Abraham Lincoln.
He feared the country would be torn apart by the issue of slavery.
What was the purpose of William Tecumseh Sherman's "march to the sea" from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA?
He destroyed everything in his path, discouraging the Confederates.
Why did Congress set up the Freedmen's Bureau?
More than 4,000 schools were set up to education freed slaves.
(Unfortunately, they did not help in terms of providing land that they could support themselves with.)
What does "four score and seven years ago" mean and what year is it referring to?
87 years ago.
Referring to 1776.
What was the Underground Railroad and who was associated with it?
People who helped slaves run away to the North. They offered safe places.
Harriet Tubman
After Lincoln was elected, several Southern States left the Union and called themselves the Confederate States of America. Seven states seceded and elected their own leader. Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What did Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address focused on?
To restore the Union by having Southern states come back to the Union without a harsh punishment.
When the Confederates surrendered, they were allowed to keep their small guns and where free to leave,
The generals saluted each other respectfully.
What problem was sharecropping trying to solve?
When the Confederacy collapsed, money was worthless.
They developed a system where freed slaves could work the land borrowing tools from landowners. They would then share the crops.
How and why does Lincoln refer to the founding fathers?
How? By referring to the document that they wrote.
Why? To connect the Civil War to the founding ideals found in the Declaration of Independence (1776).
What did "free soilers" believe and what were they later called?
These Northerners/Westerners believed the western territories should be slave free.
They started a new political party--the Republican Party.
Who were the two generals on each side and what side were they on?
Robert E. Lee (Confederate) and Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
What were the events at the Appomattox Court House and who was involved?
Lee (Confederate) & Grant (Union).
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
What was the 14th Amendent?
It gave citizenship by birth (even Black Americans)
What are the principles found the 1776 historical document?
How does it connect to "of the people, by the people, for the people"?
Declaration of Independence
Freedom, equality, self-government
A democratic government gets its power from the people, is run by the people, and should serve the people.
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
If a slave ran away to the North but was caught, they would be returned to their "owner" in the South.
When did the Civil War begin?
April 12, 1861
Confederates fired on Ft, Sumter. The Union commander surrendered.
Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth.
What was the 15th Amendent?
It gave black men the right to vote.
What does Lincoln say is the true purpose of the Civil War?
To test whether a nation based on liberty and equality can endure/survive.