FUN FACT C9A (1st) Flashcards
The Dred Scott decision reversed which decision?
Missouri Compromise
What was reconstruction?
Integration of the south
In the south, the passage of Jim Crow laws led to…
Segregation of public facilities
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Booth
After the Civil War, how did many former slaves earn a living?
Sharecroppers on the southern grounds
What was the purpose of the Missouri Comp and the The comp of 1850?
To prevent the civil war from happening
Why did northerners want congress to oversee reconstruction rather than the president?
The constitiution gives the congress the right to admit new states, not the president.
What was the first battle of the civil war?
The battle of Bull Run
Did the states have to ratify the 15th Amendment to join the union again?
Only some did.
THe fugitive slave act was added to
The Compromise of 1850
To chare a government official with a crime:
to impeach
What was the first state to secede
South Carolina
The invention of the cotton gin was important because
it INCREASED the demand of slavery
Which Amendment did Confederates have to ratify to be welcomed back into the Union?
14th
Who believed in strong state rights?
The southern states
Who were scalawags?
White southerners who supported the union.
Which Amendment allowed AA voting (not women)
15th
Who was the martyr that became famous for leading a raid at Harpers’ Ferry?
John Brown
What battle was the last time the Confederacy attemped to invade the Union?
Gettysburg
How did the civil war start?
Because the confederates fired on Fort Sumter
How were poll taxes & literacy tests used?
To deny AA the right to vote
Why did northerners think President Johnson’s reconstruction plan was a failure?
Because former confederates still ran the southern states
How was the institution of slavery formally abolished in the US?
The ratification of the 13th Amendment.
How many confederate casualties were there in the civil war?
260,000
In a popular sovereignty decision, who would decide whether or not slavery would be allowed in a territory?
The residents of the territory.
Who were carpetbaggers?
Northerners who rushed to the south after the war to gain government positions.
In their plans for Reconstruction, both Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson sought to
Allow southern states to renter the union ASAP
Which act allowed states to choose whether or not they wanted to be free states or slave states.
The Comp of 1850
What effect did the system of sharecropping have on the South after the Civil War?
It kept former slaves dependent on their land owners.
