Download STUDY GUIDE for Civil War/Reconstruction/Reform

STUDY GUIDE for Civil War/Reconstruction/Reform TEST Fill in what you already know. Use your textbook, notes and/or the internet to fill in the rest then study for your test. 1. After the civil war ended what was the goal of President Lincoln? To readmit the Southern states to the Union as quickly as possible 2. Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address stated basically what? Bring and end to slavery and bind the wounds of the Civil War We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.​
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefields and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. ​
­ Abraham Lincoln, first inaugural address, 1861 3. In Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Address what was he attempting to do by assuring the South he would not ban their use of slaves? What was he trying to avoid? He was trying to prevent the secession of states and avoid war Provisions of the ​
Civil Rights​
Act of 1866 ­ Designated all people born in the United States (except American Indians ) as citizens ­ Granted all citizens certain rights under the law 4. Look at the table above: Did this law exclude people based on race? If so who specifically did it leave out? Who did it NOT leave out? Yes, it left out American Indians. It did not leave out African Americans 5. After the the civil war ended which side suffered the most damage as far as infrastructure(property/transportation/business)? North or South? Why do you think that?. The South because the majority of the fighting took place there. 6. What did the South do to get around the Amendments being passed by congress after the Civil War? They implemented the Black Codes 7. What officially started the civil War? Fort Sumter What event ended the civil war? Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse 8. What would be different about the people you might see voting before and after the 15th Amendment? ​
You would have white and black voters participation in elections 9. What was the major reform ​
goal of each movement​
listed? Temperance­ ​
reduce the use of alcohol 18th Amendment­Prohibition 21st Amendment Repealed Prohibition Suffrage­​
Voting rights for Women 19th Amendment Abolitionist­ ​
Its goal was to end slavery Prison­ ​
Dorothea Dix, the mentally ill should be separated from criminals Education­ ​
Horace Mann­ everyone should be taught basic reading,writing, math skills Transcendentalism­ ​
inherent goodness in people and nature 10. How were farms able to continue operating with the North and South at war? Women were left at home to take care of the farms 11. The Supreme court’s decision in ​
Dred Scott v. Stanford ​
labeled Dred Scott property. However, after the passage of the ___​
14th​
_________ amendment Dred Scott would now be considered a _​
citizen​
__________ with equal rights guaranteed in the US Constitution. 12. Describe each amendment: a. 13th­ ​
Free, abolished all slavery b. 14th­ ​
Citizens, granted equal rights c. 15th­ ​
Vote, any man can vote, regardless of race 13. List advantages of the North and South in the Civil War: North­ ​
Larger army, more supplies, more railroads, Abraham Lincoln South­ ​
Experienced military leaders, defensive war,know the land, belief in their cause 14. Name the significance of these people: a. Dred Scott­ T​
he decision in his case was overturned by the 14th Amendment, he is a citizen b. Hiram Rhodes Revel­ ​
First African American elected to Congress c. Ulysses S Grant­ ​
Commander of the Union Army 15. Identify each: Homestead Act­ ​
Gave 160 acres of free land for people to settle in the west Morrill Act­ ​
Set up agriculture and mining colleges in the west Dawes Act­ ​
removed Indians to Government reservations in the west Second Great Awakening­ ​
focus was on social reform Key Terms and People To Know Second Great Awakening​
­ late 1700s­early 1800s movement of Christian renewal Temperance movement​
­ movement to encourage people not to drink alcohol Lyman Beecher​
­ minister who spoke against alcohol consumption Dorothea Dix​
­ prison reformer Common­school movement​
­ movement to have all children, regardless of background, taught in a common place Horace Mann​
­ education reformer Thomas Gallaudet ­​
education reformer for the hearing impaired Catherine Beecher​
­ founder of all­female academy in Hartford, Connecticut Elizabeth Cady Stanton​
­ supporter of women’s rights who helped ​
organize the Seneca Falls Convention Lucretia Mott​
­ women’s rights supporter who helped organize the ​
Seneca Falls Convention Seneca Falls Convention​
­ the first organized public meeting ​
about women’s rights​
held in the United States Lucy Stone​
­ spokesperson for the Anti­Slavery Society and the women’s rights movement Susan B. Anthony​
­ women’s rights supporter who argued for equal pay for equal work, the right of women to enter traditionally male professions, and property rights