A | B |
THE NORTH | An urban society -- people held jobs |
THE SOUTH | An agricultural society - people lived in small villages and on farms and plantations. |
A MAJOR NORTH - SOUTH CONFLICT | States' rights vs strong central government |
TARRIFS | A tax on imports - Protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition - favored by North, opposed by South |
SOUTH'S VIEW ON THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | They believed that states had the power to declare any national law illegal |
NORTH'S VIEW OF THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | They believed that the national government's power was supreme over that of the states. |
NORTH'S VIEW OF SLAVERY | They believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons |
SOUTH'S VIEW OF SLAVERY | They believed that the abolition of slavery would destroy their region's economy |
MISSOURI COMPOMISE | Resulted in Missouri becoming a slave state; Maine, a free state |
COMPROMISE OF 1850 | Resulted in California becoming a free state. Southwest territories would decide about slavery themselves |
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT | Result - People would decide the slavery issue -"popular sovereignty". |
MISSOURI COMPROMISE (1820); COMPROMISE OF 1850; KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT | Three compromises attempting to solve differences between the North and South |
RESULT OF LINCOLN'S ELECTION | Southern states seceded from the Union |
Marked the beginning of the Civil War | Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,  | He issued the Emancipation Proclamation --Determined to preserve the Union by force if necessary |
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS | Lincoln wrote that the Civil War was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." |
JEFFERSON DAVIS,  | President of the Confederacy |
ULYSSES S. GRANT,  | General of the Union Army --defeated Lee |
ROBERT E. LEE,  | Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia; He opposed secession, but did not believe the union should be held together by force |
THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON,  | A skilled Confederate general from Virginia |
FREDERICK DOUGLASS | A former slave who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist |
THE FIRING ON FORT SUMPTER, SC | Event that began the Civil War |
FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS (BULL RUN) | The first major battle of the Civil War |
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | Made "freeing the slaves" the new focus of the war |
The Battle of Vicksburg | This battle divided the South; the North controlled the Mississippi River |
GETTYSBURG | Battle for control of the high ground. The turning point of the war; the North repelled Lee's invasion |
Appomattox Court House,  | Lee's surrender to Grant in 1865 ended the war |
Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans | The Union blockaded southern ports here |
Vicksburg | Battle for control of the Mississippi River |
Richmond; Washington, D.C | Confederate and Union capitals -Battles here were struggles to capture capital cities |
Clara Barton | A Civil War nurse, created the American Red Cross |
Women | They were left to run businesses in the North and farms and plantations in the South |
Confederate money | It became worthless after the collapse of the Confederacy |
African Americans | They fought in both the Confederate and Union armies |
Robert Smalls | A sailor and later a Union naval captain, was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman after the Civil War. |
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments | These addressed the issues of slavery and guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens |
13th Amendment | Banned slavery in the United States and any of its territories |
14th Amendment | Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States and guaranteed them equal protection under the law |
15th Amendment | Ensured all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude |
Reconstruction policies | Harsh policies toward the South-- created problems in the South. |
Northern carpetbaggers | Took advantage of the South during Reconstruction--Southerners resented them |
Civil Rights Act of 1866 | African Americans gained equal rights -authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement |