Karteikarten: Civil War and Reconstruction Essentials — 10 Karten

Sectional tensions — cause?

Economic and cultural differences, slavery at core.

Kansas-Nebraska Act — effect?

Violence in Kansas, political shifts.

Republican Party — role?

Opposed slavery extension, gained Northern power.

Union strengths — key?

Large population, industry, railroads.

Confederacy — advantages?

Military leadership, geography, defensive war.

Emancipation Proclamation — purpose?

Abolish slavery, redefine war aims.

Reconstruction policies — focus?

Rebuild South, protect Black rights.

Black Codes — purpose?

Restrict freedmen's rights, maintain segregation.

Segregation in South — basis?

Legal, separate facilities, 'separate but equal'.

Reconstruction — end?

Political conflicts, rise of segregation, 1877.