Acts & Amendments
Ended slavery in the United States and its territories
13th Amendment
The winner of the 1860 presidential election
Abraham Lincoln
An extremist group formed to enforce "black codes" and prevent former slaves from voting
Ku Klux Klan
Future president and commander of Union forces after his victory at Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant
This military installation was attacked on April 12, 1861, starting the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Gave former slaves equal protection under the law and citizenship
14th Amendment
He raided a U.S. arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
White Southerners who supported Reconstruction
Commander of Confederate forces who surrendered at Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee
The first major battle of the war and a victory for the South
First Bull Run
Gave former slaves the right to vote
15th Amendment
The first Southern state to secede
South Carolina
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction
carpetbaggers
First and only president of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Union forces gained control of the Mississippi River after winning this battle
Vicksburg
Runaway slaves must be returned to their owners
Fugitive Slave Act
Admitted California as a free state and included the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Group in Congress that opposed Lincoln's 10% Plan
Radical Republicans
His Anaconda Plan was designed to destroy the economy of the South
Winfield Scott
This battle was the single bloodiest day of the war
Antietam
Passed by Congress to restrict the KKK and protect voting rights of former slaves
Enforcement Acts
The Supreme Court case that cited property rights of slave owners (_______ v. _______)
Scott v. Sandford
Supreme Court case that effectively upheld racial segregation (______ v. ______)
Plessy v. Ferguson
His "March to the Sea" created a path of destruction leaving many dead civilians, including women and children
William T. Sherman
The Battle of Gettysburg, a major turning point, included a desperate Confederate frontal assault that would be known as this
Pickett's Charge