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Civil War FCS Unit 6 Study Guide

The document outlines key events and concepts related to the Civil War, including the Nullification Crisis, the Dred Scott decision, and the Emancipation Proclamation. It discusses the impact of the Civil War on Southern states, Reconstruction plans by Presidents Johnson and Lincoln, and the roles of the Freedman's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan. Additionally, it highlights the challenges faced by African Americans and the agricultural system post-war, including sharecropping and tenant farming.

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Civil War FCS Unit 6 Study Guide

The document outlines key events and concepts related to the Civil War, including the Nullification Crisis, the Dred Scott decision, and the Emancipation Proclamation. It discusses the impact of the Civil War on Southern states, Reconstruction plans by Presidents Johnson and Lincoln, and the roles of the Freedman's Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan. Additionally, it highlights the challenges faced by African Americans and the agricultural system post-war, including sharecropping and tenant farming.

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FCS Study Guide for Unit 6 (Civil War)

The Nullification Crisis was a national emergency that occurred in 1832 when South
Carolina attempted to void the national tariff of 1832 by threatening to secede from
the Union.
The Georgia Platform represented the conditional acceptance of the terms of the
Compromise of 1850 if the North complied with the Fugitive Slave Act.
In Dred Scott v. Stanford, the Supreme Court said enslaved African Americans, nor
their descendnts could be citizens.
Many voters felt the election of 1860 was about the future of slavery in the US.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President quickly led to the southern states
succeeding from the Union and eventually the Civil War.
The blockade of Georgia’s coast interrupted supply lines and seriously
disadvantaged Southern soldiers
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
The Battle of Chickamauga was an important step towards capturing Atlanta and
controlling the Confederate railroads.
After the burning of Atlanta, Sherman’s March to the Sea cut off Confederate supply
lines and disrupted the Southern economy.
Andersonville Prison was a Confederate Prisoner of War camp that was
overcrowded, unsanitary, and led to the death of 13,000 Union soldiers.
The 13th amendment made the institution of slavery illegal within the United States.
Under President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan, the southern states had to
ratify the 13th amendment and repeal the Ordinance of Secession in order to be
readmitted to the Union.
The Congress 1867 Reconstruction plan required Southern states to ratify the 14 th
amendment. It also punished the South for its role in the Civil war and protected the
rights extended to African Americans.
Abraham Lincolns Reconstruction plan would readmit the former Confederate states
as quickly as possible. Lincoln wanted to reform the Union as quickly as possible to
avoid further unrest and conflict.
Goals for the Freedman’s Bureau were meeting the needs of poor whites and former
slaves and building schools for all citizens across the south.
Goals of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) were controlling southern politics through terrorism
and preventing former slaves from voting.
Sharecroppers and Tenant Farmers worked for landowners in exchange for land to
farm. They also shared part of their crop with the landowner.
Tenant farmers usually owned the equipment they used.
Sharecroppers had no say in what crops they raised.
After Georgia legislators removed the African American legislators from the Georgia
general assembly, the federal government refused to readmit Georgia to the United
States.

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