Standard 3 - Terms & Definitions for Brainscape

Question 1

Year that Northern troops are pulled out of the South - Reconstruction ends

Answer 1

1877

Question 2

Promise of the Freedman’s Bureau to former slaves, although they eventually lost both

Answer 2

“40 Acres & a Mule”

Question 3

Southern Democrats elected when the Union troops leave - They take rights from AA’s

Answer 3

“Redeemers”

Question 4

The idea that the South voted solidly for Democrats for about 100 years after the Civil War

Answer 4

“Solid South”

Question 5

Amendment that freed the slaves

Answer 5

13th Amendment

Question 6

Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, gives all”Equal protection”, and guarantees “Due process”

Answer 6

14th Amendment

Question 7

Amendment that gives voting rights to all male citizens

Answer 7

15th Amendment

Question 8

Famous black regiment that fought @ Ft. Wagner

Answer 8

54th Massachusetts

Question 9

Union’s battle plan: Blockade the south, take the Mississippi, control Richmond

Answer 9

Anaconda Plan

Question 10

President after Lincoln - one of 2 presidents to be impeached

Answer 10

Andrew Johnson

Question 11

One of two major northern battles; Bloodiest day of the war; South loses

Answer 11

Antietam

Question 12

Site where Lee surrenders to Grant

Answer 12

Appomattox Courthouse

Question 13

Laws restricting the rights of AA’s - basically ignore the fact that slaves are free

Answer 13

Black Codes

Question 14

Popular sovereignty in KS leads Free-Soilers & pro-slavery supporters to KS - John Brown murders 5

Answer 14

Bleeding Kansas

Question 15

Started the Tuskegee Institute to train AA’s & gave the “Atlanta Compromise” speech where he proposed that AA’s accept segregation temporarily in exchange for employment

Answer 15

Booker T. Washington

Question 16

First major Southern victory of the Civil War - Proved the war will NOT end quickly

Answer 16

Bull Run

Question 17

Northerners moving to the South during Reconstruction - hated by Southerners

Answer 17

Carpetbaggers

Question 18

Agreement where CA enters as a Free Soil state, the rest of the Mexcian cession will be decided by Popular sovereignty, slave trade in DC will end, new fugitive slave law

Answer 18

Compromise of 1850

Question 19

Agreement between the N & S stating that Hayes (R) would get to be President if the Union troops were removed from the South - ended Reconstruction

Answer 19

Compromise of 1877

Question 20

Slave who sued for his freedom - Court rules that slaves are property & cannot sue - slavery can exist ANYWHERE in the US

Answer 20

Dred Scott

Question 21

Election when Radical Republicans were elected to Congress in large numbers to bring order to the South

Answer 21

Election of 1866

Question 22

Election when Lincoln was elected - the South freaks out & breaks away out of fear he’ll free their slaves

Answer 22

Election of 1860

Question 23

Executive order that freed slaves in territory in rebellion against the Union

Answer 23

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 24

Former slaves who leave the South to go to Kansas during Reconstruction

Answer 24

Exodusters

Question 25

Government organization seeking to help free AA's - "40 acres & a mule" - set up schools - held court to protect against black codes

Answer 25

Freedman's Bureau

Question 26

Movement to stop the SPREAD of slavery - is NOT an anti-slavery movement

Answer 26

Free-Soil

Question 27

Famous battle of the 54th Massachusetts regiment - they lose, but prove AA's are brave

Answer 27

Ft. Wagner

Question 28

States that the North MUST help return slaves to the South - North hates it because of Uncle Tom's Cabin - Part of Compromise of 1850

Answer 28

Fugitive Slave Law

Question 29

Agreement that Congress would not bring up slavery

Answer 29

Gag Rule

Question 30

Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War - Lee invades the north trying to put pressure on Washington DC & loses

Answer 30

Gettysburg

Question 31

Anyone could vote if their grandfather was able to - this allowed uneducated & poor whites to vote while prohibiting AA's

Answer 31

Grandfather Clause

Question 32

Weapons depot raided by John Brown to give guns to slaves. Brown is captured & hung, but gets sympathy from many in the north

Answer 32

Harper's Ferry

Question 33

President of the CSA

Answer 33

Jefferson Davis

Question 34

Laws passed that segregated the south

Answer 34

Jim Crow Laws

Question 35

Radical abolitionist known for his actions at both Bleeding KS & Harper's Ferry. He frightened the South & gained attention from the north while awaiting his execution by hanging for the deaths at Harper's Ferry.

Answer 35

John Brown

Question 36

Law that stated that KS & NE would be decided through popular sovereignty - undoes the Missouri Compromise

Answer 36

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 37

Group organized in TN to intimidate AA's from voting

Answer 37

KKK

Question 38

Anti-slavery party that didn't win any elections - eventully joins with northern Democrats to form the Republican party

Answer 38

Liberty Party

Question 39

The idea that when 10% of the Southern states swore allegiance to the Union, they could be readmitted to Congress

Answer 39

Lincoln 's 10% Plan

Question 40

Tests given to keep AA's from voting

Answer 40

Literacy Tests

Question 41

Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in his path

Answer 41

March to the Sea

Question 42

Missouri enters as a slave state, Maine enters as a free state, a line is drawn at the 36 30 to make future states obvious

Answer 42

Missouri Compromise

Question 43

Southern nickname for slavery

Answer 43

Peculiar Institution

Question 44

Last major battle before the South Surrenders

Answer 44

Petersburg

Question 45

Supreme Court case declaring that "separate but equal" was legal

Answer 45

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 46

Tax on voting used to keep AA's from voting

Answer 46

Poll Taxes

Question 47

Republicans who wanted to treat the south like conqured territory after the Civil War

Answer 47

Radical Republicans

Question 48

The period of time when the South was readmitted to the Union after the Civil War

Answer 48

Reconstruction

Question 49

Party of Lincoln - Made from Northern Democrats & members of the Liberty party - a Free Soil party - NOT ANTI-SLAVERY!

Answer 49

Republican Party

Question 50

Term for southerners who agreed with the Republicans during Reconstruction - hated by South!

Answer 50

Scalawags

Question 51

Arrangement where former slaves worked fields & gave a % of the food to the owner - often forced AA's back into an arrangement like slavery

Answer 51

Sharecropping

Question 52

War against every part of your enemy's land - houses, fields, livestock, etc.

Answer 52

Total War

Question 53

Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the evils of slavery - convinces many in north to disobey the Fugitive slave laws

Answer 53

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 54

Turning point of the Civil War - Grant takes this city & gains control of the Mississippi

Answer 54

Vicksburg

Question 55

Led the "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, GA - Destroyed everything in his path

Answer 55

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 56

Failed bill in Congress proposing that all the land gained from Mexico enter as "Free Soil" states

Answer 56

Wilmot Proviso