Civil War/Reconstruction

Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850 were all dealing with what issue?

• Civil War

• Expansion of slavery

• Native American Reservations

• Northern slave owners

13th amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship & equal protection

• Gave voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race

• Created a federal income tax

14th amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship & equal protection

• Gave voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race

• Created a federal income tax

15th amendment

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship & equal protection

• Gave voting rights to all male citizens regardless of race

• Created a federal income tax

What was a negative effect of sharecropping?

• Put people back into slavery

• People labored for pay to a similar situation like slavery

• People had to pay money for the right to emancipated

• It created job opportunities for Northern bankers

The Emancipation Proclamation did what?

• Disrupted the use of slavery in in rebel-held areas

• Permanently altered the practice of slavery throughout the nation

• Stopped slavery only in the Union

• Ended the Civil War

What does suffrage mean?

• The right to vote

• The right to suffer

• The right to citizenship

• The right to remain silent

How did the Compromise of 1877 end Reconstruction?

• Southern Democrats allowed Hayes to win presidency if military left the south

• Southern Republicans allowed Tilden to win presidency if military left the north

• Southern Democrats threatened to start another Civil War

• Southern Republicans left the South and moved West

What was the main goal of the Reconstruction era?

• To punish the Southern states

• To rebuild the South and integrate it back into the Union

• To expand westward

• To industrialize the Southern economy

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Bull Run