Chapter 14: The Civil War

Senator Crittenden

________ proposed a series of Constitutional amendments that guaranteed slavery in southern states and territories, denied the federal government interstate slave trade regulatory power, and offered to compensate enslavers whose enslaved people had escaped.

new Confederate nation

The ________ was predicated on the institution of slavery and the promotion of any and all interests that reinforced that objective.

Battle of Antietam

The ________ (the single bloodiest day in American history) was a decisive "victory "for the Union that resulted in Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation

The ________ convinced many immigrants in northern cities that freed people would soon take their jobs.

Confederate nationalism

________ was based on several ideals, foremost among these being slavery and religon

election of President Abraham Lincoln

The ________ and the perceived threat to the institution of slavery proved too much for the deep southern states.

Black soldiers

________ in the Union army endured rampant discrimination and earned less pay than white soldiers, while also facing the possibility of being murdered or sold into slavery if captured.

Crittenden's Compromise

____________________ was a series of Constitutional amendments that guaranteed slavery in southern states and territories, denied the federal government interstate slave trade regulatory power, and offered to compensate enslavers whose enslaved people had escaped

On April 12, 1861, when Confederate Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

When did the Civil War begin?

11

In total, ___ states renounced their allegiance to the United States and joined the Confederacy

Southerners justified their defense of slavery as preservation of states’ rights

How was the Civil War justified by Confederates?

It freed enslaved people in areas under Confederate control

What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?

Border states and parts of other states in the Confederacy

What were the exemptions to the Emancipation Proclamation?

They endured rampant discrimination and earned less pay than white soldiers, and were also at more risk than other white soldiers

How were Black soldiers treated in the Union army?

Many immigrants in northern cities were convinced that freed people would soon take their jobs

What caused the New York City Draft Riots?

White rioters killed some 120 citizens (including the lynching of at least eleven Black New Yorkers)

What occurred during the New York City Draft Riots?

North Carolina

_____________________ was the first state to secede from the Union

The Enrollment Act

_______________________ was the first effort at a draft among the northern populace during the Civil War

The 13th Amendment

________________________ was drafted to ensure the permanent end to slavery