Civil War Figures
This was the President of The United States during the Civil War. His main goal was to preserve the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle was the start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This was the Union plan for victory to when the war. It involved surrounding the Southern ports and taking the Mississippi River.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
This person became President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson
This group used violence and intimidation to keep African Americans from voting and enjoying freedom in the South.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This was the Union General in command of the entire Union army to end the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
This stated that all slaves in States in Rebellion would be set free on January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The group in Congress who disagreed with President Andrew Johnson's Plan.
Who are the Radical Republicans
This amendment said voting can't be denied based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment
This is the President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
This was the leader of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Only this percentage of oath's of loyalty were needed for Southern readmittance under the Presidential Plan.
What is 10%
Under Congressional/ Radical Reconstruction, the South was divided into 5 of these to protect African Americans and force local governments to enforce laws.
What are Military districts?
This is the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, also the turning point. From this point on, the South would never be on the offensive again.
What is Gettysburg?
This famous speech memorialized the dead and increased Northern morale to finish the War.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
These were laws created in the South to keep African Americans from fulfilling their rights.
What were Black Codes?
This President was impeached for violation of the Tenure of Office Act.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This is the General in command of the entire Confederate Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This is where General Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War.
Where is Appomattox Courthouse?
This side had most of the advantages at the beginning of the Civil War.
Who is the North/Union/US?
This amendment defined a citizen as anyone born in the US.
What is the 14th Amendment?
A person from the north that moved to the south during Reconstruction to benefit from Reconstruction.
Who is a Carpetbagger?