Progress Learning Unit 3 Flashcards
introduced by Stephen Douglas in 1854
called for the use of popular sovereignty to determine issue of slavery in new territories
resulted in a bloody civil war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in the new territories in question
This list of notes would be MOST useful to a student writing a research paper titled
“The Kansas-Nebraska Act.”
Before the Civil War began, which issue played the GREATEST role in increasing tension and conflict between northern and southern states?
westward expansion and the issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
During Reconstruction, the “Black Codes”
were laws passed by mainly Southern states to keep African Americans in a system of virtual slavery.
“I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.”
- John Brown, December 2, 1859
Why was John Brown put to death in 1859?
He attempted to cause a slave uprising.
General William T. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” was important to the Union war effort because
important railroad tracks were destroyed, severing supply lines for Confederate forces.
Which of these would have been a goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the south during Reconstruction?
restoring southern Democrats to political power
This Civil War-era illustration is showing; SNAKE
the Union blockade of the South.
The Civil War affected the northern economy by
stimulating industrialization
Which statement BEST explains why Reconstruction ended?
Enforcement of Reconstruction acts decreased because of political compromise.
When President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he specified that freedom was not extended to enslaved people in the neutral border states of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, or Delaware.
What is the MOST accurate reasoning behind his decision to allow these states keep the institution of slavery?
Lincoln knew that the states would likely secede and join the Confederacy if he freed their slaves.
