Sectionalism/Civil War/Reconstruction Vocab

The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War.

• Civil War

• Manifest Destiny

• Reconstruction

• Sectionalism

Who represented the views of the South and opposed the tariffs (nullification crisis) and supported States' rights.

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

• Patrick Henry

Who represented the views of the West and is known as the 'Great Compromiser'

• James Polk

• Daniel Webster

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

Laws passed in the South after the civil War aimed at controlling freedman and enabling plantation (large farms) owners to exploit (use) African American workers.

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Civil War Amendments

• Fugitive Slave Law Act

• Black Codes

Amendments 13-15 (FREE-CITIZENS-VOTE) that were passed after the Civil War were known as the..

• Dred Scott Case

• Civil War Amendments

• Unalienable Rights

• Bill of Rights

Kansas and Nebraska would use popular sovereignty to answer the question of slavery. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and outraged the Northern states.

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Louisiana Purchase

• Compromise of 1850

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what book the caused more Northerners to want to end slavery.

• Gone with the Wind

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Common Sense

• The underground railroad

Freed the slaves in the states of rebellion and changed the purpose of the war to include ending slavery and preserving the Union.

• Black Codes

• 13-15 amendments

• Dred Scott Case

• Emancipation Proclamation

Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri admitted as a slave state. As part of the compromise, Congress drew an imaginary line across the Southern border of Missouri.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

• Maine Compromise

This act stated Northerners had to return any escaped slave to the south.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Bank Act

• Indian Removal Act