Causes of the Civil War
What was the biggest cause of the Civil War?
slavery
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Which side won the Civil War?
What is the Union (North)?
What was Reconstruction?
What is the period after the Civil War when the government helped the South rebuild?
What was the transcontinental railroad?
What is a railroad that connected the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States?
This term describes the different economies and ways of life between the North and South
What is sectionalism?
This document was written by President Lincoln and symbolically freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
How many Black men volunteered for the Union Army during the Civil War?
What is 20,000?
Name one type of service set up during Reconstruction to help the South.
public schools, hospitals, job development programs, or banks.
In what year was the transcontinental railroad completed?
1869
Southern states believed they had this right, including whether to allow slavery.
What are states' rights?
What are states' rights?
What is the Gettysburg Address?
important speech that Abraham Lincoln gave during the Civil War.
Many Black soldiers during the Civil War were formerly __________ people.
What are enslaved?
The government created __________ during Reconstruction to educate children in the South.
What are public schools?
How did the federal government help pay for building the transcontinental railroad?
What are land grants?
This law let new states decide for themselves if they would allow slavery, and it caused conflict between people who supported and opposed slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Lincoln wanted to keep the country __________ and end slavery.
What is united?
Black soldiers were paid __________ than white soldiers during the Civil War.
What is less?
Name two types of services or programs set up during Reconstruction.
public schools, hospitals, job development programs, or banks.
Name two groups of people who built the transcontinental railroad.
Irish immigrants, American soldiers, or Chinese immigrants.
Name two reasons why the North and South had conflict before the Civil War started.
What are slavery, sectionalism, states' rights, and/or the Kansas-Nebraska Act? (Accept any two)
Explain one thing President Lincoln wanted to do to help reunite the country after the Civil War.
He did not want to punish the southern states harshly, OR he did not want leaders of the Confederacy to serve in government, OR he wanted to help the country heal.
Describe two contributions that Black soldiers made to the Union Army during the Civil War.
Over 20,000 volunteered, many were formerly enslaved people, some received the Medal of Honor, they fought bravely in battles, etc.
Explain why Reconstruction was necessary after the Civil War ended.
The South had been badly damaged by the war, the South needed help to recover, infrastructure was destroyed, people needed jobs and education, etc.
Explain two ways the transcontinental railroad helped the United States grow and develop.
Migrants and immigrants could move west, natural resources could be transported, manufactured goods could be sent across the country, it connected different parts of the country, it helped the economy grow, etc.