CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION TEST

NorthGeography Economy Transportation Society CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR Rocky thin soil, rushing rivers, cold harsh winters Based on Industry an Factories Canals, Rivers, Turnpikes, Railroads Attracted many immigrants

SouthGeography Economy Transportation Society CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR Long growing season, fertile soil Based on agriculture Mississippi River, not as advanced as North Less diverse, slavery

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR _________________________: Mini civil war in Kansas when settlers from both the North and the South rushed to vote on if Kansas was going to be a slave state or not. _________________________: Supreme Court Case that made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional – Add: Slaves were not citizens, but property _________________________: Law that allowed Kansas and Nebraska to both vote on if slavery would be legal in their state or not. _________________________: Compromise that admitted California as a free state, created a harsher fugitive slave law, and allowed the Mexican Cession to vote on slavery Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott Decision Kansas-Neb. Act Compromise of 1850

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR _________________________: The idea that states are able to limit the power of the national government _________________________: When S. Carolina threatened to secede if the Tariff of 1828 was not lifted _________________________: Compromise that admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and created the 36’30’’ line. _________________________: When Lincoln was elected president States’ Rights Nullification Crisis Missouri Compromise Election of 1860

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR _________________________: Loyalty to your section of the country rather than the country as a whole _________________________: Bestselling book by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the evils of slavery Sectionalism Uncle Toms Cabin

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR 3. What was the cause of bleeding Kansas? 4. What was the effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin? 5. What was the final cause of the Civil War that caused the South to secede? Kansas – Nebraska Act Support for abolitionists cause grew in the North Election of 1860

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR 6. How did the outcome of the Dred Scott affect the Missouri Compromise? 7. How did Calhoun and Webster’s view on the nullification crisis differ? 8. How did the fugitive slave law make the North feel? Dred Scott made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional Calhoun – Supported it and states’ rights; Webster – did not support it North believed law was unfair and many began to support the abolitionists movement

THE CIVIL WAR Union/NorthPresident: Commander: Important General: Abe Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Sherman

THE CIVIL WAR Confederacy/ South President: Commander: Important General: Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson

CIVIL WAR Fort Sumter Antietam Gettysburg Confederate attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War Lincoln used victory to issue Emancipation Proclamation Turning point in the war, Gettysburg Address

CIVIL WAR Vicksburg Sherman’s March Appomattox Courthouse Union victory divides Confederacy into 2 parts Total warfare used to destroy cities and farms in the South Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war

CIVIL WAR “All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.” -President Lincoln, 2 nd Inaugural Address, Circle every time you see the word interest in the quote 2.True or False: the quote states that the “interest” is the cause of the war. 1. Circle “restrict the territorial enlargement of it” 2.By using what you circled and what you know is true of the causes of the Civil War, what is the “Interest” that the quote is referring to? True Slavery

CIVIL WAR “With malice toward none; with charity toward all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” -President Lincoln, 2 nd Inaugural Address, What is malice? 2. What is Charity? 3. How does Lincoln want to treat the South after the Civil War? Hatred Help He does not want to punish them but wants to help them easily get back into the Union

RECONSTRUCTION 12. What is reconstruction 13. The South was in bad shape after the war. Give 3 examples. Time of rebuilding in the South 1.Railroad, farms, and homes destroyed 2.Bank failures in South 3.Confederate money was worthless

RECONSTRUCTION 14. Chart for Reconstruction Plans Lincoln’s PlanAndrew Johnson’s Plan Radical Reconstruction Plan 10% Plan that was easy on the South Wanted to model his plan after Lincoln’s Harsh plan used to punish the South

RECONSTRUCTION 15. Explain the Amendments 13 th 14 th 15th Freed SlavesMade freed slaves citizens Gave right to vote to all free men