Reconstruction
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This event marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This document is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
This term describes loyalty to one’s region rather than the whole country.
What is sectionalism?
This organization helped formerly enslaved people by providing food, education, and medical care.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This was the main economic advantage the North had over the South.
What is more industry/manufacturing?
This system prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This issue was the main cause of conflict between the North and South.
What is slavery?
These laws were passed in Southern states to restrict the rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This document changed the purpose of the war by making ending slavery a goal.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This principle divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, and press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This compromise allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a turning point in the war?
What is it stopped the Confederate invasion of the North?
The president vetoing a law passed by Congress is an example of this principle.
What is checks and balances?
This principle means the government gets its power from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
How did economic differences increase sectionalism between the North and South?
What is North was industrial and South was agricultural/plantation-based?
How did Reconstruction policies create conflict between the president and Congress?
What is disagreement over how to rebuild the South and treat former Confederate states (Presidential vs. Radical Reconstruction)?
Compare one strength of the Union and one strength of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is Union had more resources/industry while Confederacy had strong military leadership and fought defensively?
Why is separation of powers important in a democratic government?
What is it prevents abuse of power and protects individual rights?
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
What is to protect individual liberties and limit government power?
Explain how states’ rights contributed to sectionalism.
What is Southern states believed they had the right to decide issues like slavery without federal interference?