WorksheetsiCivics: Civil War to Civil Rights (Chap. 1-3)
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
A person who is held as the property of another person
Slave
Indentured Servant
Maid
Butler
The practice of owning human beings
Plantations
Slavery
Colonies
Farm Labor
A "necessary evil"
Something we want but don't need
Something we need even though we don't like it (Ex: HW, the Dentist)
Something we have but don't want
Mr. King's Civics Class
When the Constitution was adopted, it said this:
Congress could make slavery illegal right away
Congress could make slavery illegal in 20 years
Congress had to wait 20 years to make it illegal to import slaves
Congress had to wait 50 years to make it illegal to import slaves
When the Constitution was adopted, it said this:
Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal were free
Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal were free if they stayed there for 2 years
Slaves who escaped to a state where slavery was illegal did not become free - they had to be returned
Slaves were free once they crossed the border into a free state
When the Constitution was adopted it said this:
To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 2/3 of a person
To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 3/4 of a person
To calculate a states population, slaves counted as whole person
To calculate a states population, slaves counted as 3/5 of a person
Southern states wanted to count slaves toward their populations because:
It gave them more votes & power in the Senate
The state with the highest population got to pick the President
It gave them more votes & power in the House of Representatives
States got more Senators
People who wanted to end slavery permanently (abolish it)
Abolitionists
Southerners
Northerners
Congress
This man lived in both free and slave states and sued for his freedom
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Wendell Phililps
Harriet Tubman
This man led a slave revolt in Virginia, ultimately leading to laws making illegal to teach black people to read and write.
Dred Scott
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Wendell Phillips
In response to Nat Turners Rebellion, Virginia:
passed a law that made slavery illegal
passed a law that made slave meetings illegal
passed a law making it illegal to teach black people to read and write
passed a law creating schools for slaves
The Dred Scott case went all the way to the Supreme Court. They ruled:
black people were not citizens and had no right to sue in the first place
Dred Scott should be free because he traveled to free states
Dred Scott should become a lawyer
black people were citizens and slavery should be illegal
The Missouri Compromise (select all that apply):
added California as a free state
added Missouri as a slave state
added Maine as a free state
mapped out which future territory of the U.S. will be free and slave states
The Compromise of 1850: (select all that apply)
added California as a free state
allowed territories of New Mexico and Utah to decide for themselves
banned slave trading in Washington, D.C.
added Texas as a slave state
The Fugitive Slave Act:
penalized slave hunters for traveling into free states
taxed slave owners who had more than 50 slaves
penalized citizens for helping runaway slaves and required them to cooperate returning slaves to their owners
made slave hunting illegal
Separation or breaking away, as in the Southern states broke away for the United States to begin the Civil War
Succession
Secession
Confederates
Constitution
Issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation:
declared ALL slaves free
declared all slaves in states in the North free
declared all slaves in the South were free
declared the Civil War was over
The period of rebuilding after the Civil War is known as:
Rebuilding
Reconstruction
Southern Clean-Up
Recongression
Passed by Congress in 1865; outlawed slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Passed by Congress in 1868, this amendment guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the U.S.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Passed by Congress in 1868, this amendment also gave all citizens the right to due process and equal protection under the law.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Passed by Congress in 1870, this amendment gave all men the right to vote regardless of their race or whether they had been held as slaves previously.
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
The 14th Amendment says that the government must treat all people the same way. This idea is called:
Due Process
Secession
Equal Protection
Recontruction
The 14th Amendment guarantees fair treatment by the government & comes in two types: substantive (what the law says) and procedural (how the law is enforced):
Due Process
Secession
Equal Protection
Reconstruction
Select all the correct terms that apply to the North (Union):
President: Abraham Lincoln
President: Jefferson Davis
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Capital: Richmond, VA.
Select all the correct terms that apply to the South (Confederates):
President: Abraham Lincoln
President: Jefferson Davis
Capital: Richmond, VA
Soldier Nickname: Johnny Reb (Rebels)
