Civil War Flashcards
What were the economic differences between the North and South?
North industrialized, South agriculture
What did the South heavily rely on?
Agriculture and slave labor
What led to conflicting views on tariffs?
Different economic interests
What was a key argument of the South?
States’ rights
What heightened tensions between North and South?
Federal vs. state authority
What was the central issue leading to sectional tensions?
Slavery
Which region largely opposed slavery?
North
Which region supported slavery for economic reasons?
South
What movement grew in the North advocating for the end of slavery?
Abolitionist movement
What did the Missouri Compromise attempt to balance?
Free and slave states
What was included in the Compromise of 1850 that angered Northerners?
Fugitive Slave Act
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?
Territories decide on slavery
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Decision?
No citizenship for African Americans
What was John Brown’s Raid?
Attempted armed slave revolt
What triggered Southern states to secede in 1860?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Which state first seceded after Lincoln’s election?
South Carolina
What did the seceding states form in 1861?
Confederate States of America
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What proclamation did Lincoln issue?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who struggled to unify the South’s war effort?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the leading general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Who led the North to victory in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
What famous speech did Lincoln deliver?
Gettysburg Address
Who was William T. Sherman?
Union general, March to the Sea
What strategy did William T. Sherman implement?
Total war strategy
Who was Frederick Douglass?
Abolitionist, former enslaved person
What did Frederick Douglass advocate for?
African American rights
Who was Stonewall Jackson?
Confederate general, tactical prowess
When was Stonewall Jackson killed?
1863
What was the significance of Fort Sumter?
First battle of the Civil War
What occurred at the Battle of Antietam?
Bloodiest single-day battle
What did the Battle of Antietam lead to?
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Turning point for Union
What was the significance of the Siege of Vicksburg?
Control of Mississippi River
What happened at Appomattox Court House?
Lee surrendered to Grant
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
Freedom for slaves
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln
What was the Anaconda Plan?
Union military strategy
What did the Anaconda Plan aim to do?
Blockade and crush Confederacy
What did the 15th Amendment achieve?
Voting rights for African American men
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 grant?
Citizenship regardless of race
What was the purpose of the Reconstruction Acts?
Divide South and enforce 14th Amendment
Who was Andrew Johnson?
17th President, impeached
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
Opposing Radical Reconstruction
Who was Thaddeus Stevens?
Leader of Radical Republicans
What were Black Codes?
Laws restricting African Americans
Who was Hiram Revels?
First African American Senator
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
White supremacist group
What were Sharecropping and Tenant Farming?
Economic systems trapping in debt
What event effectively ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
Who became president during the Compromise of 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What laws rose as a result of the end of Reconstruction?
Jim Crow laws
What was a short-term consequence of Reconstruction?
Advancements in civil rights
What was a long-term consequence of Reconstruction?
Centuries of segregation
What did the legacy of Reconstruction set the stage for?
Civil Rights Movement
