Civil War Flashcards
(49 cards)
What effect did the war have on the prices of goods in the North and South?
Prices of goods rose in both the North and the South
African Americans fought in large numbers for what side during the Civil War?
African Americans fought in large numbers for the Union
What was the South like in 1865 because of the North’s strategy of “total war”?
Parts of the South lay in ruins.
How did the South react to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
Seven Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
What was the point made in the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were property, even if they lived in a free territory.
What was the main view point of the South on their right to secede?
States’ rights are more important than preserving the Union.
What point did Abraham Lincoln make in the Lincoln Douglas debate s about slavery in the territories?
He insisted that the territories be kept free from slavery.
What was the first armed conflict of the Civil War?
Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter.
What compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state?
The compromise of 1850.
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act decide the issue of slavery in the territory?
The population of each territory would vote on the slavery issue.
What novel of the 1800s condemned slavery and its effect on slave families?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
How did the South view Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
They saw the book as a work of propaganda.
What event is an example of how extreme people reacted to the issue of slavery and abolition?
The Raid on Harper’s Ferry
What was the first state to secede from the Union after the election of 1860?
South Carolina
What was one of the main conflicts that led to the Civil War?
states’ rights
What sides’ war effort was helped by the Emancipation Proclamation?
North
Initially, what was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on the south?
Had little effect
Who accused Lincoln of trying to start a a slave revolt with the Emancipation Proclamation
The south
Which area saw the Emancipation Proclamation changing the goal of the war to ending slavery?
The North
Why did both the North and South create an income tax?
To help pay for the war
How did tariffs play an important part for the sale of American made products?
They kept American products cheaper than foreign made products.
What did the South use to fund their war effort?
Confederate Currency
What word means a general rise in prices?
Inflation
This word means to give someone freedom.
Emancipate
