What did the MissouriCompromise say?

Maine would become a FREE state, and Missouri would become a SLAVE state

DefinePopular Sovereignty

The people make the decisions

Who decided whether slavery would be allowed in Kansas & Nebraska?

The people!!(Popular Sovereignty)

What were the 4 main causes of the Civil War?Slavery SectionalismStates RightsSecession

What event pushed the Southern Cottonacracy to make the decision to secede from the Union?

Lincolns Election in 1860

Put these in order:

Battle of GettysburgAttack on Ft. SumterEmancipation ProclamationSurrender at Appomattox

Put these in order:

Battle of Gettysburg 1863Attack on Ft. Sumter 1861Emancipation Proclamation 1863Surrender at Appomattox 1865

What advantages did the NORTH have to win the war?

NavyMore MoneyFactoriesMore peopleMore farmland

What advantages did the SOUTH have?

More volunteersKnowledge of the landStrong Military Leaders

Where did the Civil Warstart?

Ft. Sumter 1861

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Bull Run

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

Who was the president of the Union?

Abraham Lincoln

Who was the leading General of the Union?

General Grant

Who was the leading General of the Confederacy?

General Lee

What were the Unions strategies to win the war?Blockade Southern portsTake over RichmondControl the Mississippi River

What were the Confederacys strategies to win the war?Play defense!Trade with Europe

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

The Battle of Gettysburg

What was the name of Lincolns speech that freed the slaves?

Emancipation Proclamation

How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the Union win the war?

It gave them more support from southern slaves, Europe, and it motivated more Northerners to volunteer to fight.

What was the importance of the Gettysburg Address?

Lincoln declared that the soldiers did not die in vain.

Where did the Confederacy surrender to the Union?Appomattox Courthouse

What is the time period after the Civil War called?

Reconstruction

What gave the slaves their freedom?

13th Amendment

What were the freed slaves called?

freedmen

What gave the freedmen the right to vote?

15th Amendment

What did the 14th Amendment say?

It gave the freedmen citizenship.

What job did most freemen end up taking during Reconstruction?Sharecropper

What prevented freedmen from voting?Poll TaxLiteracy TestGrandfather Clause

What did Plessy v. Ferguson say?

Separate But Equal

What word means to separate people by their color

segregation

What laws said it was legal to SEGREGATE people by race?Jim Crow Laws

What was the name of Lincolns Reconstruction Plan?

10% Plan

What group of Congressman worked to give freedman more rights?Radical Republicans

What did the Radical Republicans end up doing to Pres. Andrew Johnson?

They impeached him!

What did the carpetbaggers do that made Southerners so angry?

They moved south and bought property and businesses.