Vocabulary
People
Pre-Civil War
Civil War
Resconstruction
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Secede

to formally withdraw from the Union

100

Harriet Tubman

American abolitionist who escaped slavery and assisted other enslaved Africans to escape

100

what was the Fugitive Slave Acts

It made it a crime to help runaway slaves

100

What was the significance of the battle of Antietam?

It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and the US history

100

Why did southern republicans lose power during the 1870s

African American would now have to pay to vote (poll taxes), they could only vote if they passes a literacy test, and also the KKK was going after the African Americans who voted
200
Contrabands
An escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
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Horace Mann

American educator, considered the father of American public education

200

What impact did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the nation?

it showed some of the cruelties of slavery and it influenced many Northerners to support the end of slavery

200

Explain how the South kept many Northern soldiers out of the main battle

They kept attacking forts on the far west

300

Uncle Tom's Cabin

An antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the northerners the violent reality of slavery

300

Stephen Douglas

American politician and pro-slavery nominee for president, he debated Abraham Lincoln about slavery during the Illinois senatorial race

300

Why was "Bleeding Kansas" sometimes called the pre-Civil War?

Because it was one of the first fights concerning slavery, it happened at Pottawatomie between pro-slavery and anti-slavery

300

Explain Sherman's "March to the Sea" and its significance

Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroyng everything in between. The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.

300

What were reasons that African Americans went back into another form of slavery during the Reconstruction period?

-poll taxes

-literacy tests

- segregation and Jim Crow laws

-KKK

400

Ironclads

A warship that is heavily armored with iron

400

John Brown

American abolitionist who helped fuel the violence in Bleeding Kansas and was executed for his role in organizing a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry

400

What was the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

It made Lincoln famous because of his beliefs about slavery, it made Lincoln get many votes

500

Emancipation

freeing of the slaves

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

American Author, wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

500

How did white southerners justify slavery?

Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end of slavery would have a a big impact in the South economy where they relied on slave labor. The cotton economy would collapse. The tobacco crop would dry int he fields. Rice would cease being profitable.

500

What do you think led to the South's defeat in the Civil War?

The South lost mainly because the British didn't help them, but also because the North had better equipment and more troops

500

Do you think the South was successful or unsuccessful in its rebuilding efforts?

South failed to give more rights and freedoms to African Americans although African Americans had begun to work towards it. Southern industries developed though.