Civil War Review 2021

Why is Appomattox Court House so important?

• The Union Surrendered

• The South surrendered

• Abraham Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address

• South Carolina secedes from the Union, starts the Civil War

Law that said for every free state that joined the United States, a slave state must join-

• Compromise of 1850

• Texas annexation

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

The South-

• Believed slavery should be outlawed

• Believed slavery was vital to their economy

• Believed that slavery would eventually die out in the nation

• Wanted slavery to be banned only in new territories

What were the 3 sections of the United States under sectionalism?

• North, South, West

• North, West, Texas

• North, South, Texas

• North and South

Economic interests of an area are put before the needs of a country-

• The ideas of Civil War

• Sectionalism

• Liberty

• Sharecropping

What is the 14th Amendment?

• Stated that slavery was illegal in the United States

• Gave all males who were born or naturalized in the United States are given the right to vote

• Granted citizenship to all slaves and guaranteed "equal protection of the laws" and "due process"

• Granted the right for sharecropping in the United States which bound former slaves to their land owners for a longer amount of time

What were the 4 main causes of the Civil War? Select all that apply

• Sectionalism

• Tariffs

• Slavery

• State's Rights

What was the 13th Amendment?

• Granted citizenship to all who were born in the United States

• Outlawed slavery in the United States

• Allowed all males US citizens to vote

• Sharecropping becomes illegal in the United States

What was the 15th Amendment?

• Right to vote cannot be denied to a citizen, regardless of color, race, or previous condition of servitude

• Outlawed slavery in the United States

• Allowed all male citizens the right to vote

• Outlawed sharecropping

What was a major contributor for the economy in the North?

• Cotton growing

• Factories

• Sharecropping

• Railroad expansion