Civil War
What caused the Civil War?
List 1 reason.
1. Economic and social differences
2. Expansion of Slavery
3. States versus Federal rights
4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.
5. Election of Abraham Lincoln
What was destroyed during the war.
list a place.
Charleston, Columbia, Atlanta, and Richmond burned arsenals, warehouses.
"The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites." Did everyone agree to this?
No, not everyone. There will always be people who don't agree with it.
Why was the reconstruction period god for the slaves that are now free.
They get a fresh new start and get to decide what they can do.
Why was there Anti-black violence, what was the goal for it?
The goal was to stop blacks from voting.
Did southerners use slaves in order to do most of their buisness?
The Souths economy dependent on slavery.
How many slaves were freed after the war.
Give a rough estimate.
4 mil black people were freed.
Which law was developed to combat any type of racism/ slavery.
The Civil Rights Bill was the law that was passed.
What were some peoples reaction for when black people can do what white people do.
North and South were shocked, but the South didn't agree, while the North did and didn't.
Why did the reconstruction period fail?
Radical Republican legislation ultimately failed to protect former slaves.
Some leaders claimed the Constitution that replaced the weak Articles of Confederation ignored the rights of states to continue to act independently.
What did that lead to?
This resulted in the idea of nullification
Who initiated the reconstruction period?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did Andrew Johnson not agree to the law that doesn't allow slavery.
Andrew Johnson was a racist man to black people is what we know.
White and black people worked under Rich white people. Was there a fight for earning a living.
Yes, there were fights because of the multiple poor people that didn't have any money.
A new presidents reconstruction plan that failed. What was the new presidents name?
Rutherford B. Hayes was the new president.
During 1820 what was a free state and a slave state?
Maine would enter as a free state and Missouri would be slave.
How many votes/ pledge alliance they get to create a new government.
10% for the new government formed.
Why did people want the government to get punished as well as everybody.
Their contribution in the war was just as big as everyone's else was.
Why was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) created?
KKK was created because not everyone agreed with the slaves that were free.
What was the Compromise of 1877 for?
This deal wasn't as known. it settled the dispute between them.
What was the abolitionists movement?
The abolitionist movement was an organized effort to end slavery.
Were the southerners punished?
No, they weren't. Instead the North wanted to get back at the alliance they had before so no war happens again.
What was the 14th Amendment made for?
Everyone born in the US is a citizen and no other state can take that away.
Some blacks continued to work under whites after slavery why is that?
They needed to earn money since they were free without any materials needed to survive.
After the end of Reconstruction what economy started up?
A new industrial economy began to emerge in the South. Instead of using slaves for work they used a different source.