Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction flashcards

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What is meant by “Chattel slavery” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Enslaved people were legally treated as property within a coercive racialized system.
What is meant by “Family separation” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Sale and forced movement threatened enslaved families and community ties.
What is meant by “Everyday resistance” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Resistance included work strategies, preserving culture, and other actions under constraint.
What is meant by “Escape networks” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Escape assistance involved people and routes rather than a literal underground train system.
What is meant by “Slave narratives” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Accounts by formerly enslaved people provide evidence requiring attention to authorship and context.
What is meant by “Self-emancipation” in this lesson?Slavery and resistance: Enslaved people actively sought freedom, including movement toward Union lines during the war.
What is meant by “Secession” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: Southern secession followed conflict over slavery and political power.
What is meant by “Civil War 1861–1865” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: The war involved Union and Confederacy forces with immense military and civilian losses.
What is meant by “Slavery as central cause” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: Slavery and its expansion were central to the political crisis leading to war.
What is meant by “Emancipation Proclamation” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: The 1863 proclamation declared freedom for enslaved people in designated rebelling areas.
What is meant by “Black military service” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: Black troops contributed to the Union effort while facing unequal treatment.
What is meant by “Union victory” in this lesson?Causes and events of the Civil War: Union victory ended Confederate military resistance but did not settle every freedom question.
What is meant by “Thirteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Ratified in 1865, it ended slavery with a criminal-punishment exception in its text.
What is meant by “Fourteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Ratified in 1868, it established citizenship and constitutional protections including equal protection.
What is meant by “Fifteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Ratified in 1870, it prohibited racial discrimination in voting rights.
What is meant by “Freedpeople's institutions” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Freedpeople built schools, families, churches, and political organizations.
What is meant by “White supremacist resistance” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Violence and discriminatory measures undermined Reconstruction rights and participation.
What is meant by “Reconstruction's retreat” in this lesson?Reconstruction: Declining federal protection and political changes enabled expanding segregation and disfranchisement.