history final Flashcards
How did Southern leaders justify southern secession?
By saying the north’s has unconstitutional state rights
Why did John Brown lead an attack on Harper’s Ferry?
Wanted to fight against slavery
What law aroused great opposition and widespread disobedience in the North concerning runaway slaves?
Fugitive slave law
What is the belief that people living in a region should decide key issues?
Popular sovereignty
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet beecher
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Finis Davis
What is a draft?
When the government requires MEN to serve in military
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
To justify the deaths in war
Where did the draft laws cause riots?
New York City (also known as…THE BIG APPLE)
Why did Lee want to take the war to the North?
To relive pressure on Virginia
Who practiced Total War?
General William Sherman
Why did the Southern states secede after the 1860 election?
Lincoln was elected and his plan was to end slavery
What was the 54th Massachusetts regiment?
The first military unit consisting of black men
What Union general was often criticized for his fighting strategies and removed from power TWICE?
George McClellan
What event triggered the fighting between the North and the South?
Fort Sumter
What battle was considered the turning point in the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What were passed to limit the freedoms of the former slaves in the South?
Black codes
What Amendment gave African Americans full citizenship?
14th amendment
What did the Fifteenth Amendment do?
Allowed men of colored to vote
What did the Thirteenth Amendment do?
Abolish/ended slavery