1.2 Civil War and Reconstruction

• What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?

  Slavery
• The South favored greater state autonomy and states' rights.


  True
• Order the early events of the American Civil War:

  1️⃣ Southern states secede

  2️⃣ Election of Abraham Lincoln

  3️⃣ Confederacy attacks Fort Sumter

  4️⃣ First Battle of Bull Run

  5️⃣ Battle of Shiloh

  6️⃣ Emancipation Proclamation issued
• The Emancipation Proclamation declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free.


  True
• What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War?

  Union victory, turning point
• Match the perspective with the region:

  North ↔️ Opposed slavery, wanted strong federal government

  South ↔️ Depended on slavery, wanted state autonomy
• The North favored stronger federal government control over individual states.

  True
• The North opposed the expansion of slavery because they saw it as morally wrong
• The South's economy was heavily dependent on slave labor.


  True
• The American Civil War began in 1861
• The Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina to begin the war.


  True
• The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate-held territories to be free
• The Battle of Shiloh was a Union victory that demonstrated their ability to win major engagements.

  True
• The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863
• What was the primary cause of the American Civil War?

  Slavery
• What was the primary purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln in 1863?

  To free enslaved people
• The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln.


  True
• Union General Sherman's destructive campaign through the South in 1864 was called Sherman's March
• President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer.


  True
• The Freedmen's Bureau Act was established to provide aid and support to formerly enslaved people
• The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States, including formerly enslaved people.


  True
• The Compromise of 1877 resulted in Rutherford B. Hayes becoming president in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops
• The Civil War began when the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

  True
• What event marked the official outbreak of the American Civil War?

  Attack on Fort Sumter
• The Emancipation Proclamation transformed the Civil War into a fight against slavery.


  True
• Major battles and turning points in the early years of the Civil War in chronological order

  1️⃣ First Battle of Bull Run

  2️⃣ Battle of Shiloh

  3️⃣ Emancipation Proclamation
• Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

  Abraham Lincoln
• The American Civil War ended in 1865 with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House
• What did the 14th Amendment grant to all persons born in the U.S.?

  Citizenship and equal protection
• Match the resistance effort with its detail:

  Black Codes ↔️ Laws restricting rights of former slaves

  Ku Klux Klan ↔️ White supremacist terrorist organization

  Redeemers ↔️ Southern Democrats seeking to end Reconstruction
• What were Jim Crow laws used for in the South?

  To restrict African American rights
• The North was generally more industrialized
• Match the perspective with the region:

  North ↔️ Opposed slavery, favored stronger federal government

  South ↔️ Depended on slave labor, wanted state autonomy
• Which battle was an early Confederate victory in the Civil War?

  First Battle of Bull Run
• The attack on Fort Sumter marked the official outbreak of the Civil War.
• The South depended heavily on slave labor
• What was the Southern economy primarily based on during the Civil War era?

  Agriculture and slave labor
• What event triggered the secession of Southern states in 1861?

  Election of Abraham Lincoln
• What type of government did the North favor?

  Strong federal government
• Which states formed the Confederate States of America?

  Southern states