Civil war Flashcards
Who was president of the confederacy?
President Jefferson Davis
Year of civil war
1861-1865
How many lives were lost during the American Civil War?
More than 600,000
What was the first state to secede from the union?
South Carolina
Who was the president of the US when the first states seceded from the union?
James Buchanan
South Carolina was the 1st state to secede from the Union. What 6 states followed?
Mississippi Florida, Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas
England and France supported\did not support that Emancipation Proclamation.
Support
What amendment provided former slaves citizenship?
Fourteenth Amendment
What act laid out the process of readmitting southern states into the Union?
Reconstruction Acts of 1867
After the Civil War as a part of Reconstruction era, in Texas v. White 1869, the Court upheld President Abe Lincoln’s position that the union was _____ and ______.
Indivisible and indissoluble
The ________ was an unsuccessful proposal on 1860 to resolve the US secession crisis. guaranteed the permanent existence of slavery in the slave states and addressed Southern demands in regard to fugitive slaves and slavery in the District of Columbia.
Crittenden Compromise
___________ was an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
