dred scott
-blacks could not become us citizens
uncle toms cabin
-against slavery
-opened peoples eyes about slavery
lincolns election
-south thought that lincoln was going to end slavery and south states started leaving the union to join the confederacy in the south
-lincoln never wanted to get rid of it just wanted to stop it from spreading
-lincolns election was the last straw for the civil war
- decribe adv/disadv of north and south in CW
north had a good leader- lincoln
north had a larger population
better railroads so they could transport things and could produce more things
had a better navy
SOUTH ADV.
knew the land and a long coast line
good military leader
plantations produced more food
seven of eight military colleges
south said they had there own country
south faught to keep there ways the same and to keep there farming going, without slavery they would have to change everything
North faught to keep the union together.
- positive and negative effects recontruction had on the US
1865-1877 when US was rebuilding the damages to the south caused by the war.
POSITIVE- freedmans bureau gave african americans clothes food and medical care. also jobs and schooling
3 amendments- 13th abolish slavery throughout the nation
14th- government had to treat everyone equally
15th- cant deny someones vote by race or slave or not.
NEGATIVES- KKK started up and wanted to restore white power and started threatening and killing people.
Northern people went to the south and took over the government and made the write new laws.
farmland was really bad and share cropping started. the blacks farmed the land for the white and in return got some of the money
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