CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION TEST

REVIEW

NAME THE 5 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

• Sectionalism• Slavery• State’s Rights• Election of 1860• Secession of Southern States

DEFINE SECTIONALISM

• Each region of the country focuses more on their own interests than the interests of the nation as a whole

WHAT WAS UNCLE TOM’S CABIN?

• Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to highlight the horrors of slavery

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?

• To help slaves escape from the South

WHY DID JOHN BROWN LEAD A RAID ON HARPER’S FERRY?

• He wanted to inspire a slave revolt

WHAT WAS PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S NUMBER ONE GOAL AFTER

WINNING THE ELECTION OF 1860?

• Preserve the Union

LIST THE YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR

• 1861-1865

WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION?

• South Carolina

WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY? WHO WAS THE #1 GENERAL OF THE CONFEDERACY?

• Jefferson Davis• Robert E. Lee

WHERE WAS THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR?

• Fort Sumter

WHERE WAS THE FIRST LAND BATTLE OF THE VIRGINIA ARMIES?

• 1st Bull Run

WHAT WERE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NORTH IN THE CIVIL WAR?

• Population• Economy• Stronger Army/Navy

WHAT WERE THE BORDER STATES ? WHY WERE THEY IMPORTANT TO THE CIVIL WAR?

• They were the states in between the Union and Confederacy• They were slave states that joined the Union and

provided additional land, troops and supplies

WHAT BATTLE HAD THE SINGLE BLOODIEST DAY AMERICAN HISTORY?

• Antietam

NAME 2 WAYS THAT PRESIDENT LINCOLN VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION DURING

HIS PRESIDENCY.

• Suspended Habeas Corpus• Declared War without approval from Congress

WHAT WAS THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?

• Freedom of slaves in the Confederate states only

WHAT BATTLE/CAMPAIGN HAD THE LARGEST NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE CONFEDERATE MORALE?

• Atlanta• Sherman’s March to the Sea

WHAT BATTLE WAS THE GREATEST VICTORY OF ROBERT E. LEE & THE CONFEDERATE ARMY?

• Chancellorsville

WHAT 2 BATTLES WERE THE TURNING POINT FOR THE WAR FOR THE UNION?

• Gettysburg• Vicksburg

WHAT BATTLE WAS THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR?

• Appomattox Court House

WHAT IS RECONSTRUCTION?

• Rebuilding of the South after the Civil War

WHAT WERE THE 2 REQUIREMENTS FOR A CONFEDERATE STATE TO REJOIN THE UNION?

• 10% of voters pledge loyalty to the Union• Accept ban of slavery

WHY DID THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS OPPOSE LINCOLN’S PLAN?

• They did not think the Lincoln’s plan was harsh enough and forgave all Southerners who promised allegiance to United States

WHAT WAS THE 13TH AMENDMENT?

• Slavery illegal in the U.S.

WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

• John Wilkes Booth

NAME 3 WAYS SOUTHERNERS TRIED TO PREVENT BLACKS FROM

VOTING IN THE SOUTH.

• Literacy Test• Poll Tax• Grandfather Clause

WHAT GROUP OF PEOPLE (OTHER THAN SOUTHERNERS) WAS ANGRY ABOUT THE

PASSING OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT? WHY?

• Women- They still did not have a right to vote

WHAT WAS PLESSY V. FERGUSON?

• Court case that determined “separate but equal” is fair. Separate facilities for blacks and whites.

WHAT WAS 40 ACRES AND A MULE?

• Government would give former slaves 40 acres and a mule in order for them to start their life free from slavery • Never happened

WHAT WERE 2 WAYS SOUTHERNERS SHOWED THEIR HATRED FOR THE FORMER SLAVES IN THE SOUTH?

• Jim Crow Laws• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)