Background

Question 1

When was the Civil War?

Answer 1

1861-1865

Question 2

When was the constitution established?

Answer 2

1787

Question 3

What was one of the key points of the constitution?

Answer 3

Checks and balances between the three branches of government.

Question 4

What are the three branches of government?

Answer 4

Legislative- makes laws
Executive- carries out laws
Judicial- evaluates laws

Question 5

What makes up the legislative?

Answer 5

Congress which is made up of the Senate (100 Senators, 2 from each state) and the House of Representatives (435 and the number is representative of the population in each state)

Question 6

What makes up the Executive?

Answer 6

The president, who is elected, and the vice president and cabinet who are chosen by the president and approved by the Senate.

Question 7

What makes up the Judicial?

Answer 7

The Supreme Court and other Federal Courts.

Question 8

What are federalism and confederalism?

Answer 8

Federalism supports the federal government and wants to limit the power of the state governments. Confederalism is the opposite.

Question 9

What were the main causes of the Civil War?

Answer 9

-Slavery
-Economy
-State rights vs federal rights
-The election of Lincoln

Question 10

What did the Southern states do to trigger the Civil War?

Answer 10

Following the election of Lincoln, 11 of the Southern states seceded and formed a new nation, the Confederate State of America.

Question 11

When did Lincoln introduce the Ten Percent Plan?

Answer 11

April 1864

Question 12

What was the Ten Percent Plan?

Answer 12

The rebel states would be admitted if ten percent of their electorate agreed to an oath of future allegiance to the US, they supported all existing acts of Congress regarding slavery, and they allowed African Americans to vote.

Question 13

What were reactions to the Ten Percent Plan?

Answer 13

Radical Republicans were dissatisfied and two Senators, Davis and Wade, introduced the Wade-Davis Bill in June 1865. This required 50% of the electorate to take a much tougher oath of allegiance of past and future loyalty to the Union.

Question 14

How did Lincoln respond to the Wade Davis Bill?

Answer 14

He vetoed it.

Question 15

When was the 13th Amendment introduced?

Answer 15

Introduced by Lincoln in November 1864, approved by Congress in January 1865, and ratified in December 1865.

Question 16

What did the 13th Amendment do?

Answer 16

It formally freed all slaves in the US.

Question 17

When was the Freedmen’s Bureau introduced?

Answer 17

It was introduced by Lincoln and Congress in March 1865.

Question 18

What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?

Answer 18

It was a US agency set up for just one year to help former slaves in a variety of ways. It provided advice on education and employment for former slaves and helped in establishing schools for African Americans.

Question 19

Why was Lincoln’s presidency cut short?

Answer 19

He was assassinated by James Wilkes Booth in April 1865 days after the end of the Civil War.