Civil War Causes
This was the biggest disagreement between the North and the South leading up to the Civil War
Slavery
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
This man became president after Abraham Lincoln was killed
Andrew Johnson
This group terrorized Black Americans and immigrants after the Civil War ended
The Ku Klux Klan
These were the new areas Native Americans were rounded up and sent to by the US government
Reservations
During the Civil War, Florida fought on the side of the
Confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation
This amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US, even former slaves
14th Amendment
These laws attempted to limit Black rights, ensuring discrimination and segregation continued after the Civil War ended
Jim Crow laws
This law promised free land to settlers who moved out west and built up the frontier
Homestead Act of 1862
This term means that every region of America felt independent and did not feel overly connected to the other regions, which helped the war begin as different regions did not feel like one united country
Sectionalism
Fighting a defensive war, more local civilian support, and better military leadership were advantages of the
This agency helped former slaves and poor whites find jobs, housing, and other support at the end of the Civil War
Freedmen's Bureau
Sharecropping
A large reason Native Americans were removed from their homeland was due to the desire to expand this form of transportation
The trans-continental railroad
This was the final event that led to South to secede (leave) the United States and declare the Confederacy
Election of Abraham Lincoln
This battle was the turning point of the war as the South lost after attempting an attack on the North in Pennsylvania. It was also known for a famous speech Lincoln gave there a few months later
Gettysburg
Andrew Johnson argued with this group over how Southern states should be readmitted, how the Confederate leadership should be punished, and how freed slaves should gain rights
Radical Republicans
The Supreme Court issued Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, which said this principle was legal
"Separate but equal"
The government attempted to force assimilation of Native Americans with this law that promised land and rights to vote if Native Americans abandoned their culture/language and adopted "white" names and Christianity
The Dawes Act of 1887
This legal principle hoped to ease conflict over slavery by allowing states to vote if they were going to be added as a free state or slave state
Popular sovereignty
This Northern tactic helped the war end quickly as the North "choked" the South by blockading ports and taking over the Mississippi River, preventing supplies from being moved by the Confederacy
Anaconda Plan
Reconstruction ended because of this deal that allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president if the military left the South they had been occupying
Compromise of 1877
This law was passed by Radical Republicans to ensure freedmen had rights after the war. It forced Southern states to adopt the 14th Amendment to be readmitted (let back in) to the United States
The Civil Rights Act of 1867
This was the final battle and moment of resistance by Native Americans in the 1800s
Wounded Knee