Civil War
What were the various causes of the Civil War?
Major disagreements over the expansion of slavery, economic differences, social/moral opposition to slavery, and cultural differences.
This political party took the place of the Whigs after they collapsed post-Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Republican
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis (GA)
Freedom of Speech
1st Amendment
What was the biggest reason for the secession of South Carolina from the union?
The election of 1860
Bloodiest single day of the war
Battle of Antietam
Which act freed the slaves and changed the purpose of the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
Who led the unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Right to bear arms
2nd Amendment
This convention was the first women's convention in the US
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Bloodiest multi-day campaign of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the decision that ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and therefore would not receive any protection from the Constitution
Dred Scott Decision
Radical Republican, championed for the rights of African Americans pre and post Civil War, had a personal relationship with an African American woman.
Thaddeus Stevens
13th Amendment
Freed the slaves (1865)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What movement emphasized inspiration, subjectivity, an primacy of the individual?
The Romantic Era
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
This group helped those left destitute by the Civil War, helped former slaves transition to freedom and citizenship after the war.
Freedman's Bureau
Radical Republican, was caned by an political opponents uncle. Championed for African American rights.
Secured the voting rights for African Americans
15th Amendment
What were the Intolerable Acts?
1. Port Act
2. Massachusetts Gvnt Act
3. Admin of justice Act
4. Quartering Act (Part II)
One of the first black regiments to be formed in the Union Army
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
This legislation governed the readmission of the confederate states into the union.
Military Reconstruction Acts
Commandeered a confederate ship and delivered 16 black men, women and children to freedom. Congressman.
Robert Smalls
Secured citizenship for African Americans (reversed the Dred Scott Decision
14th Amendment
Who shot Alexander Hamilton?
Aaron Burr