History Exam

Study guide

Enlightenment

a time/ movement where philosophers put forth the idea that the universe operates according to rules or law (natural law).

The universe operates according to rules _______

___or laws__________, and these laws are ___knowable_____________

by using ___reason_____________ and ___logic__________.

John Locke

 was an Enlightenment thinker. 

By world history standards American slavery was very

brutal and cruel___.

Slaves were considered

legal_property__of their owner__________and 

had no ___rights_________________.

Civil war

After the _____war__________ the northern states

_____ended_______________slavery

Regionalism

The US could be divided into 3 separate regions.

North characterization

industry__________,

___urbanization______________ and ___diverse economy______

The South was

agricultural and relied on slavery because they needed labor for their plantations to grow crops like cotton and tobacco.

Migration

The West was experiencing a lot of

All the new ___________ acquired by the US created ____debates_____________ about whether new states would be _______free__ or 

___slave_____________

territories

Southerners

thought states had the right to have slavery.

Northerners

 wanted to stop slavery from

spreading_____________ to the west.              

President Lincoln

He wanted to stop the spread of slavery, not immediately abolish ________ it

The Southern states were ___angry______________ and decided to secede - leave the union________________

Because _____they wanted to maintain slavery and their way of life__

Lincoln force to preserve the union and end slavery.

Lincoln decided to use _________ to prevent the South from ___seceding_________________.

Why did he do this?

Lincoln Civil war

lasted _____4______ years.

issued an executive order called the Emancipation Proclamation,

which freed slaves in ___rebellious_____________ territory.

In the end, the north won because they had more resources, soldiers and industrial capacity._

Lincoln

Lincoln’s reconstruction plan was called “__Lincoln’s Reconstruction."

This meant he wanted to bring the south back into Union as quickly and smoothly______ as possible, and did not want to punish_____________them.

As a peace gesture to Southern states, he chose 

_____Andrew Johnson____________________ as his new Vice-President.  This is extraordinary because _______

Johnson was a southerner and a former slaveholder, yet he supported the Union.____________________________________

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Lincoln stint

As a peace gesture to Southern states, he chose 

_____Andrew Johnson____________________ as his new Vice-President.  This is extraordinary because _______

Johnson was a southerner and a former slaveholder, yet he supported the Union.____________________________________

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