Us History Civil War

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1. A civil war is a war between:

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1. Two opposing sides from the same country

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65. A lasting effect of Reconstruction on the country was ____________________.

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65. The passage of constitutional amendments which support equality

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64. During the time period after Reconstruction, what generally happened in the South?

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64. A period of racial inequality developed that would be present for many years

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63. Reconstruction came to an end when ______________.

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63. Union troops left the south in exchange for the election of President Hayes

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62. What were three concerns during Reconstruction?

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62. How to restore unity, how to reintegrate the South, what to do with newly freed slaves

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2. As the United States moved west and acquired more land, what was the primary concern in Congress?

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2. Should the new land be Free or Slave?

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3. It could be argued that the roots of the Civil War are found in the Constitution because:

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3. Slavery was permitted and even rewarded in the Constitution

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4. In a broad sense, it can be argued that the Civil War started because:

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4. Of the inability of Americans to compromise

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5. What is sectionalism?

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5. Regions of the country acting out of self-interest

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6. What is one characteristic of the South?

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6. Its economy was based on Agriculture

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7. Which one of the sectionalism issues was the most contentious (agued about) issue?

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7. The expansion of slavery

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8. The South supported what issue?

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8. The expansion of slavery to be decided by Congress

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9. The Missouri Compromise is an example of:

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9. Congress’s ability to find common ground on the issue of slavery expansion

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10. Southerners would have been happy after which event occurred?

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10. The Fugitive Slave Law

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11. Northerners would have been most happy after which event occurred?

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11. The Printing of the Liberator

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12. What does the term secede mean?

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12. To leave or separate from the country

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13. When a state nullifies national laws it:

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13. Refuses to enforce the National law

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14. What two parts of the Constitution were in conflict in the years before and during the Civil War?

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14. National Supremacy vs States’ Rights

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15. What are three reasons why southern states felt justified in separating from the United States?

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15. Believed Lincoln was going to abolish slavery, House/Senate/President were all republicans, Constitution allowed for states to govern themselves

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16. Popular sovereignty means:

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16. Decisions are made by the vote of majority

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17. The South, by the early 1800s, was becoming more and more dependent on which crop?

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17. Cotton

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18. What are three facts about slavery in the south?

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18. Slaves counted for representation in the Constitution, By 1850, slavery was allowed in every state, South believed that slaves were needed to grow cotton

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19. Slaves resisted slavery in what three ways?

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19. Breaking tools, running away, slave revolts

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20. What are some states that a fugitive slave would avoid?

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20. Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina

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21. What are three things that could describe the Underground Railroad?

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21. Existed in the years before the Civil War, Used nicknames like “conductor”, and traveled South to North

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22. Most slaves did not try to run away because:

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22. Escape route was difficult and unknown

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23. What did the abolition movement promote?

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23. Ending slavery

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24. People like Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, and William Lloyd Garrison would have supported what three laws or events?

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24. Slave rebellions, slaves on the underground railroad, anti-slavery newspapers

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25. What was the Missouri Compromise?

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25. Missouri Compromise – Maine is a free state, Missouri is a slave state

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26. What was the Compromise of 1850?

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26. Compromise of 1850 – California is free, Fugitive Slave Law established, Balance in Senate now favors the north

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27. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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27. Kansas-Nebraska – People, not politicians, make the decision regarding slavery

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31. Which side in the Civil War was known as the Union?

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31. North

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32. Which side in the Civil War was known as Confederates or Rebels?

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32. South

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33. The Civil War began in July 1861, with the shelling of Fort Sumter. Whose fort was it and where was it located?

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33. Union fort, Charleston, South Carolina

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34. At the start of the Civil War, what did Southerners and Northerners both expect?

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34. Short war, mostly bloodless

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35. In the beginning of the war, President Lincoln stated that the main reason for the Civil War was to:

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35. Preserve the Union

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36. At the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln refused to issue a proclamation freeing the slaves. What was the reason?

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36. He didn’t want to lose the support of the slave-holding border states

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37. The North had a basic three-part strategy to win the Civil War. What were the three parts?

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37. Blockade southern ports, Seize control of the Mississippi River, Attack from the East and West

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38. What were three parts of the Union's three-part Anaconda Plan to conquer the South?

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38. Blockade southern ports, capture the Confederate Capital, Split the Confederacy in two

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39. One advantage the South had at the start of the Civil War was:

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39. Superior Military Leaders

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40. Which of the following was an advantage for the North?

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40. Had more industries

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41. Technological advances in weaponry made during the Civil War clearly had the effect of making battles

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41. Longer

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42. The South expected Britain’s aid during the war because:

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42. The south produced cotton used in Britain

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43. Whom did the Emancipation Proclamation free?

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43. Enslaved people living in areas rebelling from the Union

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44. Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important?

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44. It was a step towards complete abolition

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45. Lincoln suspended the _________ to deal with those who opposed the policies of the Union.

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45. Writs of Habeas Corpus

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46. The Battle of Gettysburg was important because it was the:

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46. Turning point of the Civil War, North was now winning

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47. In the Gettysburg Address, the phrase, “Four score and seven years ago,” refers to _____.

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47. Signing of the Declaration of Independence

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48. The phrase, “that these dead shall not have died in vain,” means that, thanks to these fallen soldiers:

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48. Union will be preserved to keep America one country

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49. Abraham Lincoln ended his Gettysburg Address with a reminder that we must see to it “that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” According to Lincoln, what was the main purpose of the Civil War?

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49. To preserve democracy

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50. Grant and Sherman's strategy of “total war” targeted not only the Confederate Army but also:

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50. The civilian population of the South

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51. Which side won the Civil War?

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51. North

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52. What does the time period known as Reconstruction refer to?

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52. The rebuilding of the country after the Civil War

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53. The main debate of Reconstruction dealt with ______________.

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53. How to treat the south; either as a former enemy or reunited into the USA

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54. What was the major goal of the Radical Republicans’ policies?

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54. To punish the South and integrate former slaves

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55. What were three things used to help and protect former slaves?

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55. 13th/14th amendments, Freedman’s Bureau, Granting slaves the right to vote

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56. The primary purpose of the Freedman’s Bureau was to_______________.

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56. Help former slaves adjust to freedom

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57. The ‘black codes’ were__________________.

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57. Used to restrict the economic/social lives of freed slaves

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58. What did the 13th amendment do?

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58. Abolished Slavery

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59. What did the 14th amendment do?

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59. Granted former slaves full citizenship

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60. What was a result of the sharecropping and crop-lien systems after the Civil war?

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60. Kept freed slaves in a situation close to slavery

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61. Many ex-Confederate soldiers joined the Ku Klux Klan. What was the main goal of the KKK?

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61. To restore White Supremacy over African-Americans