1. Review for test on Civil war and reconstruction

2. Review
What was an immediate cause of the secession? Lincoln’s election
How was Lincoln going to deal with reconstruction? Treat the Confederate states as if they never left Union.
What are the 13,14, and 15 Amendments? 13 – abolish slavery, 14 – citizenship, 15 – right to vote
What is sharecropping? Form of farming for former slaves – in the South

3. What did the Republicans promise to do to end reconstruction
What did the Republicans promise to do to end reconstruction? Withdraw troops
Define poll tax and literacy tests – poll tax – pay tax to vote, literacy tests – be able to read in order to vote
What was a result of Civil War? Federal law is supreme
What was Lincoln’s primary goal at the start of the war? Preserve the Union

4. What occurred during Reconstruction
What occurred during Reconstruction? New laws and amendments were passed to establish equality
How did Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans compare? Allow the south back into union as quickly as possible.
What are Jim Crow laws? Established racial segregation
What was the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? Separate but equal is ok.

5. What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation? Help the North win the war
Why did the Radical Republicans oppose Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction? Felt Lincoln’s plan was too lenient.
What were the Black codes? Restricted rights of African Americans
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? Congress was in a power struggle with the president.

6. Lincoln’s assassin – John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln’s plan for recon – 10 percent plan
Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott
Johnson’s impeachment
Fugitive Slave Law
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
Causes of Civil War
Compromises of 1850 and 1820

7. Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
Abolitionists