Civil War Test Flashcards
Differences between North and South
North:
Anti- slavery
Bigger population
Manufacturing/industry
South:
Pro-Slavery
Smaller population
Farming
Why were state rights the cause of the civil war?
Southern states tried to leave union b/c they believed
State power > federal power
Missouri Compromise
Red Line! 11 free and 11 slave states
Popular sovereignty
State decided if they wanted to become a free/slave state through majority vote
John Brown’s Raid
Raids weapons in Harper’s Ferry to give to slaves. He gets caught and executed
Bleeding Kansas
People across the US flock to Kansas to vote for free/slave state, both sides end up fighting
Kansas Nebraska Act
No more red line! Popular sovereignty determines free/slave state
Dred Scott Decision
Slaves couldn’t sue/send cases to court since they were considered property
Years of the Civil War
1861 - 1865
Why did the South secede? First state?
They didn’t want to be free states. First state to leave was South Carolina
Lincoln’s goals at the start of the war
Keep the Union together
Advantages of the North and South
North: more manufacturing, bigger population, more railroads
South: better generals
Battle of Antietam & effect
Confederate General Lee invades the North
North wins despite most losses (23,000 casualties)
Causes Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation. Shifts war meaning from saving the Union to ending slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln announces that slaves are free
Battle of Gettysburg, which state? Effects?
Both armies meet on accident In Pennsylvania, the goal was for the South to get one big win in the North
Largest # of casualties in the war in 3 days. The South won’t be offense
Battle of Vicksburg & effects
Both sides wanted control of Mississippi River (to block trade), North wins
Union wins Vicksburg and controls Mississippi River, Ulysses Grant is now leader of army
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Goal was for the Union to take Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman wanted to use “total war”
Sherman’s armies destroyed civilian towns and resources to discourage South from fighting and punishment
Atlanta was last major South city, and allows Lincoln to win re-election
Border states
Slave states who stayed with the Union
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- West Virginia
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Lincoln was morally against slavery, but was only against the SPREAD of slavery
Douglas advocated for popular sovereignty
Fort Sumter
Civil war starts here!
Reconstruction
12 years after the civil war, the federal government tries to rebuild the South
Radical Republicans
Wanted president Johnson out of office since he was Southern
Lincoln’s Plan
Lincoln originally wanted the South back into the Union ASAP, so 10% of state population had to pledge loyalty to rejoin, didn’t work due to his assassination
13rd Amendment
No more slavery!
