Chapter 4 1850-1877

This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

• Reconstruction

• Popular Sovereignty

• Secede

• Congress

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere

• Uncle Tom

• Tony Stark

• Dred Scott

• Brown v Board

What was the capital of the Confederate States?

• Richmond, VA

• Poormond, PA

• Gettysburg, PA

• Tallahassee, FL

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

• Jefferson Davis

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the North?

• More factories

• Larger population

• Better railroads

• Most of the nation's best generals

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

• Fort Benning

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Belvoire

• Fort Pierce

What Amendment grants citizenship to all person born on American soil except for Native Americans.

• 12th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

• Cheat Codes

• Morse Codes

• Black Codes

• Nuclear Codes

Slavery is outlawed in the US by this amendment:

• 13th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?

• He felt loyalty to his native Virginia.

• He was in favor of slavery.

• He had been defeated in the presidential election.

• He believed in the rights of states to secede.