Antebellum
When was the Antebellum Period? (Start and End)
1832-1860
What was the Civil War?
A civil war in the United States that was fought between the Union and the Confederacy.
What was the Reconstruction?
A period in American history following the American Civil War
Who was a strong opponent of slavery and leader of the Union Army during the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
1877
Compromise of 1877
What was the Antebellum Period
The time between the formation of the U.S. government and the outbreak of the American Civil War.
When did the civil war start and end? (Years)
1861-1865
When was the Reconstruction Period?
1863-1877
Who was a leading public speaker for the abolition of slavery and racial equality?
Who is Fredrick Douglas.
1845-1848
Mexican-American War
Why was the Antebellum period important?
-federal and state governments grappled with the contradiction of U.S. slavery.
-American people began their experiment in republican self-government under the U.S. Constitution.
Why was the Civil War important?
It preserved the United States as one nation and ended the institution of slavery that had divided the country from its beginning.
Why did the reconstruction period end?
The compromise of 1877
Presidential election of 1876, which put Republican Rutherford B. Hayes in office in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
Who was a public speaker who was in favor of women's rights and an opponent of slavery?
Who is Sojourner Truth.
1850
Missouri Compromise
What was the most important event of the antebellum period?
The Missouri Compromise
What was the U.S economy like during the civil war? For both sides of the war.
The North continued its rapid industrialization to suppress the rebellion. In the South, a smaller industrial base and an agricultural economy based upon slave labor made mobilization of resources more difficult.
What did the reconstruction period accomplish? (Multiple answers)
Congress passed three constitutional amendments that permanently abolished slavery
-Defined birthright citizenship and guaranteed due process and equal protection under the law
-Granted all males the ability to vote by prohibiting voter discrimination based on race, color, or previous condition
Who was the editor of the Liberator, strong advocator of emancipation of slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin
How did the U.S. economy change during the antebellum period.
A rise in Manufactoring.
How did the U.S. economy change AFTER the civil war?
Old industries expanded and many new ones, including petroleum refining, steel manufacturing, and electrical power, emerged.
Railroads expanded significantly, bringing even remote parts of the country into a national market economy.
Who was a devout opposition against war with Britain, abolitionist, and advocator of states' rights.
Who was John C Calhoun.
1861-1865
Civil War