Civil War Era Study Guide
Causes of the American Civil War Notes:
1. What did the Missouri Compromise do?
2. Who was different from most slaves because he was educated?
3. What event caused the Black Codes to be put into place?
4. Where was a large labor force needed to run plantations?
5. What was the name of the series of paths that were scattered throughout parts of the South leading to freedom in the North?
6. Explain the Compromise of 1850.
7. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
8. What caused “Bleeding Kansas?”
9. Explain the Dred Scott Court Case.
10. How does popular sovereignty apply to slavery?
11. Who planned a refuge for runaway slaves in the mountains of Virginia?
12. Before Lincoln was elected, what happened to the Democratic Party?
13. What was surprising about Lincoln winning the election?
14. What did Lincoln have to do in order to save our country after states left it?
15. What was the name of the southern “country” in the US?
16. Who was Jefferson Davis?
Define:
17. Poll Tax:
18. Abolitionist:
19. Secession:
20. Emancipation Proclamation:
21. Civil War:
22. Border States:
23. Antebellum
Harriet Tubman Movie:
24. Name all the things that Harriet Tubman did during the Civil War Era.
25. What was she MOST famous for?
American Civil War Notes:
26. What was Richmond considered to be?
27. What was the accomplishment General Grant had?
28. What was the last battle of the Civil War?
29. What was the name of the general who surrendered at the last battle?
30. Who won the American Civil War?
31. What was the name of the area where Union troops occupied a fort in SC in hopes of keeping the South from attacking but they attacked anyhow sparking the Civil War?
32. What was the draft system?
Important People Notes:
33. Who was the runaway slave who became one of the most prominent abolitionists and human rights leaders of the 19th century?
34. What 2 compromises did Henry Clay create?
35. Who was NC’s governor that was able to keep our schools and courts open during the Civil War?
36. Who was one of the first women to help wounded soldiers on the battleground as well as start the American Red Cross?
Reconstruction Notes:
37. What was the name of the laws that required separate public accommodations for freed slaves and whites?
38. What did the Freedman’s Bureau do?
39. Which area was in ruins after the Civil War?
40. What did the Reconstruction Act do?
41. After the Civil War, why did gifted Southerners give up and move north?
Define:
42. 13th Amendment:
43. 14th Amendment:
44. 15th Amendment:
45. Wade-Davis Bill:
46. The Civil Rights Act 1866:
47. Impeach:
48. Black Codes: