African Americans : Before/After the Civil War

Question 1

When was the American Civil War?

Answer 1

12 April 1861 - 9 April 1865

Question 2

What caused the Civil War?

Answer 2

7 slave holding states decided to secede from the Union of USA
They believed their way of life and slavery was threatened by President Lincoln (1860)
They were the 7 states of the deep south:
- Alabama
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- S. Carolina
- Texas

Question 3

What was the collective name for the 11 states that seceded?

Answer 3

The Confederacy

Question 4

What tensions lead to the Civil War?

Answer 4

• Abraham Lincoln being elected President in 1860
• Slavery laws in the North and South
• Rights for the states
• The Westward Expansion

Question 5

What was the alternate name for the Civil War?

Answer 5

The War between the States

Question 6

How did the Civil War end?

Answer 6

The Confederacy surrendered in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse

Question 7

Why did the Confederacy surrender?

Answer 7

• The Confederacy realised they were outnumbered

- General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union General; Ulysses Grant

Question 8

What stopped the North keeping slaves?

Answer 8

The land and the type of work in the North didn’t suit keeping slaves

Question 9

Why was the South considered more suitable for slaves?

Answer 9

• The south made wealth from growing crops, especially cotton
• Slaves were considered to be suitable for hard labour work
• Since the 17th century, it was the slaves that worked on the plantations
• They were owned by the landowners that had done their work previously

Question 10

What is an Abolitionist?

Answer 10

A group of people in the North that campaigned to ban slavery throughout the North and South states

Question 11

What decisions did Jefferson make in 1876 regarding slavery?

Answer 11

• Slavery would be banned in all new Northwest territories

- Slavery became legal in all new Southwestern territories