Antebellum, Civil War, And Reconstruction

Question 1

Decision was when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the slave owners and said slaves were not citizens

Answer 1

Dred Scott

Question 2

Decision that stated slaves were property and not citizen. Which means they could not sue.

Answer 2

Dred Scott

Question 3

Allowed California to enter the union as a free statewide no slavery.

Answer 3

Compromise of 1850

Question 4

Belief that one region is better than the other

Answer 4

Sectionalism

Question 5

What 5 events led to the civil war

Answer 5

Missouri Compromise 
Dred Scott
Compromise of 1850
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Election of 1860

Question 6

Idea where that south thought they could ignore national laws

Answer 6

Nullification

Question 7

Taxes on imported goods

Answer 7

Tariffs

Question 8

Belief that individual states were more important than the national government

Answer 8

States rights

Question 9

Permitted slavery north of Missouri’s boundary

Answer 9

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 10

Statement supporting the compromise of 1850

Answer 10

Fugitive Slave act

Question 11

Republican candidate for president in 1860

Answer 11

Abraham Lincoln

Question 12

Sherman’s ____________________________ was a major campaign fought in Georgia

Answer 12

March to the sea

Question 13

Was intended to kill civilians support the war in order to shorten the war

Answer 13

Sherman’s march ( Atlanta Campaign )

Question 14

Was issued after the Antietam

Answer 14

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 15

Lincoln’s attempt to stop fighting by allowing the south to keep their slaves. If they continued to fight they would lose their slaves. It changed the goal of the war because it made the war about slavery and national reunion.

Answer 15

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 16

Bloodiest one day battle

Answer 16

Battle of Antietam

Question 17

Limited coming into and going out of Confederate port cities.

Answer 17

Blockade

Question 18

Capture___________________ was critical to the north because Atlanta was the railroad hub of the confederacy.

Answer 18

Atlanta

Question 19

Battle in Georgia which was fought over control of the railroads in Chattanooga. The confederates won but made a mistake but not following the union retreat.

Answer 19

Battle of Chickamauga

Question 20

Did not like Lincoln’s plan for construction because they felt it went to easily for the south

Answer 20

Congress

Question 21

Was created to help poor whites and former slaves deal with their everyday struggles.

Answer 21

Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 22

Was a group that formed to prevent blacks from voting because they wanted to return control of souther governments to the Democratic Party.

Answer 22

KKK

Question 23

Were southern state who supported the Republican Party

Answer 23

Scalawags

Question 24

During ____________plan, many former Confederates received a pardon if they took an ___________________ to the constitution

Answer 24

Johnson’s

Pledge of Elegance

Question 25

Officially freed the slaves

Answer 25

13th Amendment

Question 26

Equal rights to every U.S born citizen

Answer 26

14th Amendment

Question 27

Voting rights to men

Answer 27

15th Amendment

Question 28

Maintained a balance of power between free and slave states

Answer 28

Missouri Compromise

Question 29

Official beginning of civil war

Answer 29

Fort Sumpter

Question 30

We’re northerners who moved to south to invest money in the south in hope of making profit

Answer 30

Carbetbaggers

Question 31

Goal for reconstruction was to reunite the nation as quickly as possible. His plan was not enacted because he was assassinated

Answer 31

10% Plan

Lincoln

Question 32

__________such as__________________ were expelled from office because even though the Constitution said they could vote, it did not specifically say they could hold political office

Answer 32

Blacks

Henry McNeal Turner