Chapters th Six Weeks Test Review Answers

CHAPTER 15

Frederick Douglass

An escaped slave who later purchased his own freedom Abolitionist, spoke out against slavery. Edited the North Star - an abolitionist newspaper Wrote an auto-biography that was very important in teaching people about how bad slavery was!

Tariffs North vs. South

North Wanted Tariffs South Opposed tariffs because most of their cotton was sold to international buyers who gave them credit for goods instead of money. They had to use that credit for internationally made goods which made their cotton worth less.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) to portray slavery as brutal and immoral. The novel follows the life of a old slave named Uncle Tom. Stowe showed the evils of slavery throughout his life. Uncle Tom’s Cabin heightened the conflict between North and South President Lincoln is quoted as having declared, "So this is the little lady who made this big war”

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Dred Scott sued for his freedom. Abolitionists believed this case could end slavery. Supreme Court ruled African-Americans were not citizens and had NO RIGHTS. Congress had no right to ban slavery in any territory. “Slavery was Lawful and Legal” Slaves were property, thus protected by the 5 th Amendment in the Constitution.

Compromise of 1850

North California would be admitted as a free state. The slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. South The New Mexico and Utah Territories would be able to decide the issue of slavery by a majority vote. The citizen's would decide whether or not to allow slavery. (popular sovereignty)

Election of 1860

President Lincoln is elected. South secedes, starting with South Carolina.

Place the following events on a Timeline Passage of the 13 th Amendment Emancipation Proclamation Election of Abraham Lincoln Missouri Compromise Dred Scott Decision

Missouri Compromise Dred Scott Decision Election of Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Passage of the 13 th Amendment

CHAPTERS 16 & 17

Ulysses S. Grant

Supreme Military Commander of the Union Army United States General during the Civil War Accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse in April 1865.

Robert E. Lee

Supreme Military Commander of the Confederacy Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in April 1865.

Jefferson Davis

From Mississippi Became President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

From Illinois and was a member of the Republican Party President of the United States during the Civil War Issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing all slaves in areas then in rebellion.

Advantages of the North

A very strong navy and almost all the shipyards were in the North. More factories Larger population Booming Economy Railroads!!!! Better organized and much more mileage of track. Leadership of President Lincoln

Advantages of the South

Knew the land (home-field advantage) Were trying to preserve their way of life (had the HEART… this war meant everything to them) Much better military commanders Was able to fight a defensive war, requiring the Union to stretch their resources to the limit in order to reach the Rebels. They weren’t trying to concur the North, they just wanted to be independent.

Battle of Vicksburg

Union forces completed the capture and control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederate States in half.

Appomattox Courthouse

Surrender of Lee (Confederacy) to Grant (Union), ended the Civil War

Ft. Sumter

April 12, 1861 First shots fired of the Civil War

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Fight for restoration of peace and the Union. “Malice towards none, with charity towards all.”

CHAPTER 18

13 th Amendment

Freed the slaves by outlawing the “peculiar institution of slavery” in the United States.

14 th Amendment

Gave all people born in the United States citizenship regardless of race This amendment did NOT give citizenship to Native Americans.

15 th Amendment

Said suffrage (the right to vote) could not be denied based on race. It did not protect African Americans from being denied the right to vote for other reasons States would begin adding poll taxes and literacy tests to the requirements to vote so that African Americans would hopefully not be able to participate.

Scalawag

Nickname for Southern whites who supported Reconstruction.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

From Mississippi One of two African Americans to serve in the U.S. Senate.

Radical Republicans

Wanted the federal government to play an active role in reconstruction. Wanted to destroy the South’s old ruling class and turn the South into a region of small farms, free schools, respect for labor, and political equality for all.