US History Unit 1 Flashcards
Explain the significance of the Missouri Compromise.
The Missouri compromise is trying to keep the balance of free and slave states
Identify the issues that led to increasing sectional differences between the North and South.
The issues were over slavery, the states rights, and the economic system
Identify the political differences that led to “Bleeding Kansas”.
The conflict of if Kansas was gonna be a slave or free sate
Explain how the publication of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” increased the tensions between Northerners and Southerners.
Because the book which turned movie/play was explaining the brutalities of slavery
What happened at Harpers Ferry in in the fall of 1859?
John Brown led a raid on the Harpers Ferry because he was hoping to start a slave rebellion
Who were Abolitionists and what were their beliefs?
They wanted to end Slavery in the United States
Identify the elements of the Compromise of 1850.
It includes the fugitive slave act
What was the Underground Railroad? Who was it’s most famous conductor?
The Underground Railroad helped slaved people escape to go to north led by Harriet Tubman
Describe the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
The return of slaves who have escaped back to their owners even if they are in free slaves
Explain how the Dred Scott decision influenced sectional differences between the North and South.
It said African Americans could not become citizens and made tensions stronger
Describe the strengths and weaknesses for both the North and the South prior to the start of the Civil War
The north had more advantages but the south had a strong military and cotton economy
Explain what happened at Fort Sumter.
The confederate attack in 1861 started the civil war
Identify the key battles which provided the turning point for the Civil War
The civil war started in 1861 with the attack n fort Sumter
Who were the KKK and what did they try and accomplish?
The KKK wanted to take away African American rights and wanted to harm them during the reconstruction
Explain why a plan for reconstruction of the South was needed after the Civil War?
Reconstruction was needed to rebuild the south after the civil war
What were the goals of Abraham Lincoln for Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War?
His goals were to reunite both sides of the nation and protect the freed slaves rights
What was the Freedman’s Bureau and what did they hope to accomplish during Reconstruction?
The freedman’s bureau helped freed slaves with getting an education jobs and supporting them
How did the Republican Party gain strength in the Southern States during Reconstruction?
They of ed streAme in the south by supporting the voting
Explain why the Enforcement Acts were passed.
They were passed to protect African American voting rights during reconstruction
Explain the tactics used by some Southerners to restrict the rights of African Americans.
They used poll taxes and violence to try and hold back black voting rights
Describe sharecropping system and how this system was inherently unfair.
It’s a unfair labor system that kept freed slaves in poverty where someone gets half of their crops that they didn’t even work on
Know the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
They abolished slavery and protected their rights
What were the goals of the Freedman’s Bureau?
Give aid to newly freed slaves limited what rights the freed slaves had
Provide some examples of black codes and explain their purpose.
Limited what rights the freed slaves had
