U.S. History High School EOC Study
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Causes of the Civil War - ANS-• Slavery
• States' rights
• Territorial claims
• Abolitionist movement
• Regional differences
Consequences of the Civil War - ANS-• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
Dred Scott - ANS-A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and
Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the
basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black
slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.
Abraham Lincoln - ANS-16th President of the United States saved the Union during the
Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Andrew Johnson - ANS-17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice
President and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis - ANS-President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass - ANS-United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and
became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Ulysses S. Grant - ANS-an American general and the eighteenth President of the
United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union
general in the American Civil War.
, Robert E. Lee - ANS-Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not
believe the Union should be held together by force
William T. Sherman - ANS-general whose march to sea caused destruction to the
south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total
warfare
Harriet Tubman - ANS-United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in
Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other
slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
Sojourner Truth - ANS-United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from
slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of
women (1797-1883)
Radical Republicans - ANS-Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern
states after civil war
Buffalo Soldiers - ANS-Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars
against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson - ANS-when the Radical Republicans tried
Andrew Johnson for impeachment because he wanted to fire Edwin Stanton, the
Secretary of War. The Radical Republicans passed a law called the Tenure of Office
Act saying that a President cannot fire a worker "just because". President Johnson
stayed in office by one vote.
Black Legislators - ANS-Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
White Extremist Groups - ANS--KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
-The White League
-Red Shirts
-Pale Faces
13th Amendment - ANS-abolished slavery in the U.S. in 1865
14th Amendment - ANS-Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws regardless of race
15th Amendment - ANS-Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race,
color , or previous condition of servitude
Guide Latest Updated
Causes of the Civil War - ANS-• Slavery
• States' rights
• Territorial claims
• Abolitionist movement
• Regional differences
Consequences of the Civil War - ANS-• Reconstruction
• Thirteenth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Fifteenth Amendment
Dred Scott - ANS-A black slave, had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and
Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the
basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black
slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.
Abraham Lincoln - ANS-16th President of the United States saved the Union during the
Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
Andrew Johnson - ANS-17th President of the United States; he was elected Vice
President and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated
Jefferson Davis - ANS-President of the Confederate States of America
Frederick Douglass - ANS-United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and
became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895)
Ulysses S. Grant - ANS-an American general and the eighteenth President of the
United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union
general in the American Civil War.
, Robert E. Lee - ANS-Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not
believe the Union should be held together by force
William T. Sherman - ANS-general whose march to sea caused destruction to the
south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total
warfare
Harriet Tubman - ANS-United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in
Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other
slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
Sojourner Truth - ANS-United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from
slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of
women (1797-1883)
Radical Republicans - ANS-Political party that favored harsh punishment of Southern
states after civil war
Buffalo Soldiers - ANS-Nickname for African-American soldiers who fought in the wars
against Native Americans living on the Great Plains during the 1870s
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson - ANS-when the Radical Republicans tried
Andrew Johnson for impeachment because he wanted to fire Edwin Stanton, the
Secretary of War. The Radical Republicans passed a law called the Tenure of Office
Act saying that a President cannot fire a worker "just because". President Johnson
stayed in office by one vote.
Black Legislators - ANS-Many blacks were elected to Federal offices after the Civil War
White Extremist Groups - ANS--KKK
-Knights of the White Camellia
-The White League
-Red Shirts
-Pale Faces
13th Amendment - ANS-abolished slavery in the U.S. in 1865
14th Amendment - ANS-Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are
guaranteed equal protection of the laws regardless of race
15th Amendment - ANS-Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race,
color , or previous condition of servitude
