Leaders
President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
What did Lincoln claim the war was about in the beginning
Preserve the Union
What was the blockade from the Mississippi around Gulf to the Atlantic called
Anaconda Plan
What was the turning point for the Union in the East
Gettysburg
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves in the Confederacy
Leader of Union Army after his victory at Vicksburg
Ulysses Grant
What were the bureaus that helped former slaves get jobs after the war called
Freedmans Bureaus
What was the South's Plan to get Europe involved in the war called
King of Cotton Plan
What was the turning point in the West
Vicksburg
What was the 13th Amendment
Prohibited slavery in the entire United States
Led the March to the Sea campaign in Georgia
William T. Sherman
What was the White Supremacy group created after the war called
Ku Klux Clan
What was the key economic advantage the North held over the South
Higher levels of Industry and rail lines
What battle marked the beginning of the March to the Sea
Atlanta
What was an abolitionist
Someone who wanted to end slavery in the US
Led the Confederate armed forces throughout the war
Robert E. Lee
Who was the famous African American Abolitionist writer in the North who was friends with Lincoln?
Frederick Douglass
Which side had more effective and prestigious generals
Confederates
First major Union victory where Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
What is the 14th amendment
Gave citizenship to former slaves
Confederate Hero during the Battle of Manassas, a military genius who would be killed by his own man at the Battle of Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson
What is sharecropping
A way to keep African Americans in the fields in the South. Allowed plantation owners to pay former slaves small wages to continue working in the fields
Why did the South have such a tactical advantage
Fighting on their own turf
What was the final major battle of the Civil War that led to the surrender at Appomattox
Battle of Richmond
What is the 15th amendment
Allowed former slaves to vote in elections and run for office