Civil War & Reconstruction Flashcards
Which amendment ended slavery in the U.S.?
13th Amendment
What do the following have in common?
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass
- John Brown, Harper’s Ferry
Abolitionist movement
Which Amendment gave citizenship rights to African American males?
14th Amendment
Which amendment guaranteed the vote for African American males?
15th Amendment
Once popular sovereignty was accepted with the Compromise of 1850, who would decide if slavery would be accepted in a western state?
The people who lived there
What was a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War to help with Reconstruction called?
Carpetbagger
Which 1820 compromise is being described:
- Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state
- No slavery North/West of 36 30
Missouri Compromise
What did the Dred Scott decision say about slaves?
They were property, not citizens
What happened after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860?
South Carolina seceded from the union
Why did Southerners fear the election of Abraham Lincoln?
They thought he and the Republicans would end slavery in the U.S.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
General Scott’s plan to squeeze the South with a naval blockade, blocking their ports and taking control of the Mississippi River
What advantage did the North believe it had over the South?
It was industrialized and had a diverse economy
Where were slaves freed with the Emancipation Proclamation,
In the rebelling states but not in the Border States, which were allied with the North.
Which level of government had the most power after the Civil War?
Laws of the U.S. government have supremacy over state laws
During Reconstruction, who wanted freedman to have full citizenship rights and punish former Confederate leaders?
Congress, under the leadership of Radical Republicans
