Benchmark Test 3 Flashcards
How did westward expansion split the north and south?
When new territories and states came into the country arguments over they should be admitted as free or slave states
How did Dred Scott decision fuel the split between north and south?
Said that slaves were property and not to be freed no matter where in the country they were
Explain the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Missouri compromise said that Missouri would enter as slave and Maine as free also drew the line; Compromise of 1850 said that free vs slave state would be determined by popular sovereignty and enact a stricter fugitive slave law
Did Lincoln and the Republican Party want to end slavery or stop the spread of it?
Stop the spread
What was the impact of John Browns raid on Harper’s ferry?
Made the southerners fearful of rebellious slaves and started the push for stricter slave laws
What event sparked the sc secession from the union?
Election of Lincoln
What was Lincolns goal in the war?
To get the country reunited as one
Did Lincoln want to punish the south after the war?
No he only asked for 10% voter loyalty
Confederate advantages in the war and north advantages in the war
Confederate: had a cause, fighting for survival and way of life
North: had more industrialization and communications
What battle was most important and the major turning point in the war?
Gettysburg
What battle led to the emancipation proclamation and kept foreign nations from assisting the south?
Battle of Antietam
What was the 54th Massachusetts?
All black army regiment that fought in South Carolina
What did the emancipation proclamation state?
That slaves in the seceded states were to be freed
Describe three parts of the anaconda plan. Which side had this plan?
The north
- set up blockades
- control the Mississippi River
- take Richmond (the capital)
Where were the first shots of the civil war fire? What was the first battle after that?
At fort Wagner; battle of bull run/Manassas
What were the 13, 14, 15 amendments?
13- end slavery
14- make them citizens
15- give men right to vote
What was the main purpose of the Freedmens Bureau?
Education; disaster relief for the south both white and black
What did black codes do?
Basically re-enslaved the newly freed slaves
What were the poll taxes, and literacy tests and how did they affect blacks?
poll taxes you had to pay to be able to vote and they couldn’t afford the taxes, literacy tests to be able to vote and they couldn’t read, kept them from voting
As a result of the midterm elections in 1866 the northerners realized that freedmen in the south needed their rights protected
Statement not a question
Describe carpetbaggers and scalawags and is it good or bad?
Carpetbaggers- northerners moving to the south
Scalawags- white southern men who switched political parties and were considered “traitors”
Solid south refers to the _______ who controlled the __________
White men who controlled the Democratic Party
What did the Jim Crowe laws do for the rights of blacks?
Kept blacks and whites segregated
Was the south really fixed when reconstruction ended?
No
