Regional Differences
What was the economy of the South primarily based on before the Civil War?
Agriculture - Cotton
This allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state; it banned slavery north of the 36°30′ line.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
What movement aimed to end slavery in the United States?
Abolitionism
Who was elected president in 1860, causing Southern states to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
What were laws passed in the South to limit the rights of freed African Americans?
Black codes
Which region developed more factories and railroads?
What compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law?
Compromise of 1850
Who was a former enslaved person and famous abolitionist speaker and writer?
Frederick Douglass
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What name was given to the idea that each region put its interests ahead of the country?
Sectionalism
What act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty?
Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What movement worked to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption?
Temperance movement
What was the main goal of the Union at the start of the war?
To preserve the Union.
What agency was created to help formerly enslaved people after the Civil War?
Freedmen’s Bureau
What invention increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
Cotton gin
What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
What radical abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, hoping to start a slave uprising?
John Brown
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To free enslaved people in Confederate states and change the focus of the war.
What group used violence to intimidate African Americans during Reconstruction?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
How did the geography of the North and South influence their economic differences?
The North’s cold climate and rivers favored industry; the South’s warm climate and fertile soil favored plantations.
In what case did the Supreme Court rule that Congress couldn't ban slavery in the territories and African Americans were not citizens
What network of secret routes and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
The Underground Railroad.
What was the turning point battle of the Civil War fought in 1863 in Pennsylvania?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What were the key differences between Presidential and Radical Republican Reconstruction?
Presidential was lenient on the South; Radical Reconstruction pushed for civil rights and military occupation