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What does states’ rights mean? It means states want to make their own laws.
Why did the South care about states’ rights? They wanted to control decisions about slavery.
How did states’ rights cause conflict? The South felt the federal government had too much power.
What was slavery? A system where people were forced to work with no freedom.
Why was slavery a big cause of the Civil War? The North and South disagreed about it.
Why did the South want to keep slavery? Their farms and economy depended on enslaved labor.
What was the argument about new states? Whether they would be free states or slave states.
Why did new states matter? They could change power in Congress.
What is nullification? When a state refuses to follow a federal law.
How did nullification cause tension? It made the federal government and states argue about power.
Who won the Election of 1860? Abraham Lincoln.
Why did the South fear Lincoln? They believed he would limit or end slavery.
What does secession mean? To leave the United States.
Why did Southern states secede? To protect slavery and their power.
Why didn’t the North accept secession? They believed states could not leave the Union.
How did these issues lead to war? Tension kept growing until fighting started.
What was the Georgia Platform? A statement supporting the Compromise of 1850.
Why was the Georgia Platform important? It tried to keep the country together.
What happened at the Battle of Chickamauga? The Confederacy won a major battle.
Why was Chickamauga important? It slowed the Union but didn’t stop them.
What was Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign? A Union plan to destroy Atlanta’s railroads and factories.
How did destroying Atlanta hurt the South? It weakened their ability to fight.
What was the March to the Sea? Sherman’s path destroying supplies from Atlanta to Savannah.
Why did Sherman use total war? To break the South’s ability to keep fighting.
What does total war mean? Destroying anything that helps the enemy.
What happened at Andersonville Prison? Thousands of Union soldiers died from starvation and disease.
What was Presidential Reconstruction? A plan to bring the South back quickly.
Why was Presidential Reconstruction too easy? It let old Confederate leaders return to power.
What was Congressional Reconstruction? A stricter plan to protect freedmen.
Why did Congress send the military to the South? To enforce new laws and protect freedmen.
How did Georgia resist Reconstruction? Georgia removed Black lawmakers.
What happened because Georgia resisted? Georgia was put back under military control.
What did the 13th Amendment do? It ended slavery.
What did the 14th Amendment do? It gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
What did the 15th Amendment do? It gave formerly enslaved men the right to vote.
What is sharecropping? Working someone’s land in exchange for giving them most of the crops.
Why was sharecropping unfair? Workers stayed in debt and had little freedom.
What is tenant farming? Renting land and getting to keep more of the crops.
What did the Ku Klux Klan want to stop? Black people and their supporters from voting.
How did the KKK affect voting? Their threats kept many Black voters away from the polls.
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