Vocabulary and Laws
Official withdrawal from the Union
Secession
Southern states left the Union mainly because they feared this would be threatened
Slavery
With over 650,000 deaths, this is declared to be the bloodiest conflict in United States history.
Civil War
The period of rebuilding the South from 1865 until 1877 after the Civil War
Reconstruction
President of the United States elected in 1860 whose victory led Southern states to secede
Abraham Lincoln
Allowed people in territories to decide whether slavery would be allowed
Popular Sovereignty
This violent conflict in a territory showed tensions before the Civil War
Bleeding Kansas
This costly Union victory was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
This amendment ended slavery in the U.S
13th Amendment
This Union general, who later became president in 1868, accepted Lee’s surrender at the Battle of Appomattox
Ulysses S. Grant
This document declared by President Lincoln freed enslaved people in Confederate states free
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln and the Republican party believed this about slavery during the debates with Douglas
It was morally wrong and should not be expanded into the territories
This battle was a turning point in the war because Lee’s second invasion of the north failed
Battle of Gettysburg
This group used violence and intimidation during Reconstruction
Ku Klux Klan
His famous “March to the Sea” used total war to destroy Southern morale
William Tecumseh Sherman
These laws in the South limited rights of African Americans
Black Codes
The Supreme Court ruled in this case that enslaved persons were property, and freed people were not citizens
Dred Scot Decision
Sherman’s war strategy aimed to do this to the South
Destroy supplies and morale
This amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection
14th Amendment
This Confederate general earned the nickname “Stonewall” at the First Battle of Bull Run
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This government agency provided food, education, and assistance to formerly enslaved people after the war
Freedmen's Bureau
This event officially started the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
Victory here gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Siege of Vicksburg
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
Lincoln waited for this battle victory before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)