unit 2 test

Question 1

what led to the civil war

and what were the years if the civil war

Answer 1

slavery

civil war: 1861-186

Question 2

sectionalism

Answer 2

northern interests vs southern interests

Question 3

what is agrarian vs industrial

Answer 3

farming vs manufacturing

Question 4

what did the south think of tariffs and federal gov

Answer 4

oppose tariffs, makes imports more expensive

dont want federal gov building railroads

Question 5

cotton gin impact

Answer 5

speeds up time till civil war

faster to pick cotton seeds
more slaves needed in field
constant greed and desire for more and more slaves since cotton is now a huge crash crop

Question 6

missouri compromise

Answer 6

missouri is a slave state and maine is a free state

balance of slave and free stays the same

Question 7

36 30 degree line created
does what?

(part of what compromise )

Answer 7

divides louisiana purchase

imbalance of power- more land in north

part of missouri compromise

pushed off war for 40 years

Question 8

compromise of 1850

Answer 8

california becomes a free state

senate is imbalanced- more senators in north than south

new mexico territory becomes southwest
—left open to popular sovereignty

Question 9

kansas nebraska act

Answer 9

north wants to run railroad across lousisana purchase
to get south to agree those territories have to become states and have popular sovereignty

les to bloody kansas

Question 10

bloody kansas

Answer 10

ppl from slave states came to kansas to vote
and so did ppl from free states

led to chaos
they murdered and killed each other(both parties equally)

argument could be made that this started civil war

Question 11

slave cruelty

Answer 11

got whipped
ppl like john c calhoun justified slavery w biblical quotes
slaves celebrated their own aspect of christianity- bondage wasn’t praised

slaves got married trying to live their own lives- jumped the broom

Question 12

fugitive slave law

Answer 12

required any citizen to return anyone they knew of to be a slave to the authorities

some slaves moved to canada

Question 13

dred scott case

Answer 13

stripped slaves of their civil rights

deemed them as property

Question 14

northerners republicans pre civil war

Answer 14

some wanted slaves to rise up
se just didn’t want slavery to spread
others wanted to abolish slavery completely

Question 15

lincoln’s election

Answer 15

led to southern states seceding form union
first was south carolina
those 7 states form confederate states of america
southern troops started war by firing on fort sumter

Question 16

where does abolitionist movement start

Answer 16

start in north

Question 17

Where did confed soldiers attack

Answer 17

Fort Sumter

Question 18

Confed strategy

Answer 18

Mostly defensive_ always losing

Question 19

Who won first battle of war

Answer 19

Confed

Question 20

Emanicipation proclamation

Answer 20

Only freed slaves in southern states(didn’t include border states)
Didn’t do much since amidst war

Led to West Virginia however

Question 21

Why didn’t south have enough ppl in war

Answer 21

Slaves obviously wouldn’t fight for south

Needed masters to stay to watch slaves on plantations

Question 22

Gettysburg address

Answer 22

2 minute but great speech

Highlighted reason of war: abolishing slavery

Question 23

What were the unions 2 goals

Answer 23

Bring south back, reunite union

Abolish slavery

Question 24

Surrender at appomattox

Answer 24

Southerners were hopeless
Grant(the north) had lenient surrender terms - no punishment
Just had to agree to the 13th amendment

Question 25

Who was president during reconstruction

Answer 25

Lincoln assassinated so Andrew Johnson

Question 26

Ten percent plan

Answer 26

Government pardoned all confederates except high ranking officials who would swear allegiance to the unión(required 10 percent of population to swear allegiance)

Question 27

Freedmans bureau

Answer 27

Gave food and clothes to former slaves and set up hospitals and schools Helped them rebuild Also passed civil rights act of 1866(banned black codes)

Question 28

Black codes

Answer 28

Loopholes in 13th amendment Restrict and control black population Outlawed interracial marriage Black ppl couldn’t own guns, etc

Question 29

Fourteenth amendment

Answer 29

Prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any us citizen(expect native Americans) Gives black ppl back their civil rights Overrides dred Scott case Brings back south to the north politíicallym part of US economically: find ways to make money w/o slavery Socially: all men are created equal

Question 30

15th amendment

Answer 30

No one could be kept from voting due to slavery, race, or color (excludes women however, and many more) Created black codes still to prevent blacks from voting Denied illiterate and poor blacks Used literary test and poll taxes

Question 31

Grandfather clause

Answer 31

Loophole to 15th amendment Allows poor illiterate whites to still be able, to vote since their grandfather was white

Question 32

Carpetbaggers

Answer 32

Northerners who moved south after war Southerners see them as mercenary forces or invaders coming to steal southern wealth and get rich

Question 33

Scalawags

Answer 33

White southerners who joined the Republican Party for political opportunities Lower class not well educated Hoping it get similar benefits as blacks- reason for supporting the Republican Party

Question 34

White democratic terrorist groups

Answer 34

``` Knights of white Camelia: mostly upper class The white league: middle business man, shop owners The KKK most famous, feared group, lasted for a long time,hug in shadows for period of time then re emerged ```

Question 35

Beginning of reconstruction

Answer 35

Blacks got involved in society and government

Question 36

Sharecropping

Answer 36

A system where landowners divide land and assign each a few acres Sharecroppers keep a little of crop Ake give rest to landowners Poor white also participated in share cropping

Question 37

Pres Andrew Johnson

Answer 37

Southern sympathist | Lenient with bringing south back

Question 38

3 phases of reconstruction

Answer 38

Period 1 presidential reconstruction(1865-1866) President is driving force behind reconstruction Period 2 congressional or radical reconstruction(1867-1877) Congress dominated democratic reconstruction and policies; black ppl have most power during this period Period 3: southern redemption (1876-1890)

Question 39

Why does southern redemption occur

Answer 39

Black codes discourage slaves from voting Southern Democrats take over government Also north realize it’s too expensive to be radical so they stop Intervening in the south

Question 40

Plessy vs Ferguson

Answer 40

Homer plessy first class railroad ticket Still forced to sit w blacks Important because segregation becomes the new laws till 1954 Brown vs board of education Rise of Jim Crow lives