Civil War
What was the Civil War fought over?
Slavery
Someone who fights to end slavery is called a(n) ________________.
Abolitionist
What state did the Memphis Riots take place?
Tennessee
What is sharecropping?
A system in which a tenant lives on a landlord's farm and must supply the landlord a portion of the crops harvested as rent.
What year was the cotton gin invented?
1793/4
During the Civil War, the nation was divided into two countries. What was the name of the country made up of the Southern states?
Confederacy, Confederate States, CSA
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
Who were the two major groups involved in the Memphis Riots?
White police officers and Black ex-soldiers
What were the Black Codes?
A series of oppressive laws which only applied to African Americans
Who led a raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to incite enslaved people to self-emanicipate?
John Brown
Who was elected President in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Fugitive slaves who escaped North and were captured by Union generals were refered to as ______ during the Civil War.
Contraband
True or False: The Memphis Riots foreshadowed the end of Reconstruction in America
Either! (Free question)
In what region of the United States was sharecropping most popular?
South
What was the name of the practice of kidnapping men from bars and taverns to serve in the Navy? (Hint: this practice led to the beginning of the War of 1812)
Impressment
Who won the Civil War?
Union/United States
This series of laws allowed Union forces to take any rebel/Confederate property, including enslaved people.
Confiscation Laws
What is the name of the period after the Civil War, when America is trying to put itself back together?
Reconstruction
If a Black person was unemployed, what penalties could they be faced with?
Fines, loss of property, children could be taken away
Who led a band of enslaved people to kill 55 white enslavers in Southampton, Virginia?
Nat Turner
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Which constitutional amendment declared slavery illegal except as punishment for a crime?
13th Amendment
True or false: Before the Memphis Riots occurred, Black ex-soldiers listened to the police after being told to stop partying
False
What % of sharecroppers were Black (non-White)?
~30%
Which early-American rebellion began when the state of Massachusetts levied excessive taxes on farmers to pay off Revolutionary War debts?
Shays' Rebellion