Semester 1 Final

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

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

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

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

The fifteenth amendment did what?

• Suffrage(voting) cannot be denied based on race

• Anyone born in the United States is a citizen

• Congress can collect taxes

• Abolished slavery

Who were abolitionists

• they wanted to protect slavery

• wanted the North to punish the South

• wanted to end slavery

• wanted to ally with England

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave cannot sue for his freedom. Because a slave is not a citizen, therefor had no rights. This case is known as:

• Roe v Wade

• Plessy v Fergurson

• Dred Scott v Sanford

• Brown v Kansas Board of Education

This Amendment provided citizenship and equality to all men born in the U.S.

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th