AAH Civil War & Reconstruction

Why was the Civil War fought?

• tariffs

• slavery

• state's rights

• democracy

How do we know the reason for the war?

• It is what is in the history books

• Historians tell us that is the reason

• The words of southern secessionists

• Lincoln's inaugural address

What is a "border state"?

• A slave-holding state that sided with the Union

• A free state that sided with the Confederacy

• States that sat on the border between North & South

• A southern state that didn't secede

What is meant by the term "contraband"?

• escaped slaves who were returned to the south

• freed blacks who fought in the Civil War

• goods stolen from the south and used against them in the war

• escaped slaves who made it to free territories during the war

What was the foreign policy goal of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

• To keep Mexico out of the war

• To keep the free nations of Britain & France from helping the Confederacy

• To keep the free nation of Brazil from helping the Confederacy

• To force foreign nations take sides in the war

How did the Emanciation Proclamation help Frederick Douglass' war aims?

• It enabled the Union to hire Black spies

• It allowed for the enlistment of Black soldiers in the Union Army

• It allowed for the enlistment of Black soldiers in the Confederate Army

What do we call the day enslaved people in Texas were told they were free?

• Freeteenth

• Juneteenth

• Freedom Day

• Emancipation Day

What is Reconstruction?

• The period after the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the nation.

• The period after the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the south.

• The period after the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the north.

• The period after the Civil War that focused on rebuilding the infrastructure.

What did the 13th amendment do?

• Freed the slaves

• Guaranteed citizenship & equal protection

• Enfranchised (gave them the right to vote) Black men

• Ended the Civl War

What did the 14th amendment do?

• Freed the slaves

• Guaranteed citizenship & equal protection

• Enfranchised (gave them the right to vote) Black men

• Ended the Civl War