What did the Missouri Compromise say?
Maine would become a FREE state, and Missouri would become a SLAVE state
Define Popular Sovereignty
The people make the decisions
Who decided whether slavery would be allowed in Kansas & Nebraska?
The people!! (Popular Sovereignty)
What were the 4 main causes of the Civil War? Slavery Sectionalism State’s Rights Secession
What event pushed the Southern Cottonacracy to make the decision to secede from the Union? Lincoln’s Election in 1860
Put these in order: Battle of Gettysburg Attack on Ft. Sumter Emancipation Proclamation Surrender at Appomattox
Put these in order: Battle of Gettysburg 1863 Attack on Ft. Sumter 1861 Emancipation Proclamation 1863 Surrender at Appomattox 1865
What advantages did the NORTH have to win the war? Navy More Money Factories More people More farmland
What advantages did the SOUTH have? More volunteers Knowledge of the land Strong Military Leaders
Where did the Civil War start? Ft. Sumter 1861
What was the first major battle of the Civil War? Bull Run
Who was the president of the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Union? Abraham Lincoln
Who was the leading General of the Union? General Grant
Who was the leading General of the Confederacy? General Lee
What were the Union’s strategies to win the war? Blockade Southern ports Take over Richmond Control the Mississippi River
What were the Confederacy’s strategies to win the war? Play defense! Trade with Europe
What was the turning point of the Civil War? The Battle of Gettysburg
What was the name of Lincoln’s speech that “freed” the slaves? Emancipation Proclamation
How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union win the war? It gave them more support from southern slaves, Europe, and it motivated more Northerners to volunteer to fight.
What was the importance of the Gettysburg Address? Lincoln declared that the soldiers did not die in vain.
Where did the Confederacy surrender to the Union? Appomattox Courthouse
What is the time period after the Civil War called? Reconstruction
What gave the slaves their freedom? 13 th Amendment
What were the freed slaves called? freedmen
What gave the freedmen the right to vote? 15 th Amendment
What did the 14 th Amendment say? It gave the freedmen citizenship.
What job did most freemen end up taking during Reconstruction? Sharecropper
What prevented freedmen from voting? 1. Poll Tax 2. Literacy Test 3. Grandfather Clause
What did Plessy v. Ferguson say? Separate But Equal
What word means “to separate people by their color” segregation
What laws said it was legal to SEGREGATE people by race? Jim Crow Laws
What was the name of Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan? 10% Plan
What group of Congressman worked to give freedman more rights? Radical Republicans
What did the Radical Republicans end up doing to Pres. Andrew Johnson? They impeached him!
What did the carpetbaggers do that made Southerners so angry? They moved south and bought property and businesses.