Clivil War Study Guide
List the major Congressional Acts and compromses that prevented United States from entering into a civil war before 1860.
Indicate the position each person listed below had regarding slavery.
Lincoln
Fitzhugh
Calhoun
Grimke sisters
Garrison
Tubman
Douglass
Sojourner Truth
What was the economy of the North based upon? The South?
List at least 3 sectional differences between North and South, besides slavery and economic differences.
Define the words:
Secede
Popular Sovereignty
States Rights
List 2 events that took place in Kansas that helped to create the image of "Bleeding Kansas".
Who ran the underground railroad?
What does CSA stand for?
Who were the presidents of the Union and the CSA?
Where were the capitol of the Union and the CSA?
Name the two most famous generals of the Civil War and the side which they fought.
Name at least 4 major battles fought during the Civil War.
List 3 major documents for which Lincoln has become well known.
What is the difference between free labor and slave labor?\
What arguments did slave owners use to justify slavery?
What did Lincoln say was the reason the North was fighting the war?
List 2 specific civil rights that were denied to people of the South and North during the Civil War.
Where were the first shots fired in the war and where did the surrender take place?
What was the scorched earth policy of Sherman as he marched to the sea?
What was Lincoln's aim through Reconstruction?
Which 3 amendments to the Constitution came from Reconstrucion?
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
What were Black Codes?