Civil War and Reconstruction

What was Lincoln's justification for the Civil War?

• He wanted to end slavery

• He wanted to control the South

• He thought his oath of office required him to preserve the Union

• To keep support of allies.

South Carolina seceded from the union after what event in American history

• The Dred Scott decision

• The first battle of Ft. Sumter

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Compromise of 1850

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed territories to vote on whether to be a slave or free state. This is known as what?

• Ordnance of Secession

• Popular Sovereignty

• Abolitionism

• Electoral College

What did the border of the Missouri compromise divide?

• Republicans and Democrats

• Agricultural and industrial states

• New salve and free states

• Indian and American territory

What occured during the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state

• California became a free state and the South gained the Fugitive Slave Act

• South Carolina issued the Ordinance of Secession

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Characteristics of the North at the time of the Civil War.

• Lots of land to grow crops

• They used mostly slave labor

• Had more iron, machinery, and manufacturing

• Had better leaders

What were Black Codes used for?

• Provide free farmland for African Americans

• Limit the rights of former slaves

• To create the Freedman's Bureau

• To help carpetbaggers

The Emancipation Proclimation did what

• Freed slaves only in rebel states

• Freed all slaves

• Supported the South

• Started the Civil War

What were the advantages of the South over the North

• stronger economy and more money

• had better transportation

• had more people

• had the better military academies and well-trained leaders

Which is not a purpose of Reconstruction

• Return southern politicians to power

• rebuild the South's infrastructure

• secure the rights of former slaves

• reunify the country