Civil War Battles/Events
Terms 1
Laws
People
Terms 2
100
This battle, a northern victory, is considered the turning point in the Civil War.
What is Battle of Gettysburg.
100
Government agency responsible for administering reconstruction policies in southern governments.
What is Freedman's Bureau.
100
Amendment that guaranteed all African Americans the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections.
What is the 15th amendment.
100
Lincoln's VP who became President upon his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson.
100
Compromise ending the disputed presidential election of 1876.
What is the Compromise of 1877.
200
This battle marked the bloodiest single-day in US military history, resulting in 23,000 casualties.
What is Battle of Antietam.
200
Granted citizenship to blacks with no interference in their civil and political rights.
What is 14th amendment.
200
A bank could obtain a federal charter and issue bank notes giving investors incentive to buy war bonds.
What is National Banking Act.
200
The second Union general, who wanted to make it a bloodless battle.
Who is George B. McClellan.
200
The final phase of Union victory, led by Gen. William T. Sherman.
What is Sherman's March.
300
Place of Lee's official surrender of his southern forces to Gen. Grant and the Union Army.
What is Appomattox Court House.
300
Document written by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in areas of rebellion.
What is Emancipation Proclamation.
300
This amendment permanently ended slavery in the United States.
What is 13th Amendment.
300
Who was a reluctant secessionist at first but became the first president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
300
Republicans that found Lincoln an "ineffectual leader".
What is Radical Republicans.
400
Gen. Grant secured Union control of the Mississippi River with this northern victory.
What is Battle of Vicksburg.
400
Northerners who moved to the south during reconstruction
What is Carpetbaggers
400
An act that declared blacks to be citizens and forbade the states to discriminate between citizens because of race or color.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1866.
400
A southern general with the willingness to accept casualites.
Who is Robert E. Lee.
400
A common form of farming for freedmen in the South.
What is Sharecropping.
500
The first major engagement in the Civil War, resulting in a southern victory.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run.
500
Gave stocks to influential members of Congress to avoid investigation of profits made from government
What is Credit Mobilizer Scandal
500
Granted 160 acres of public land to settlers after 5 years of residence on the land.
What is Homestead Act.
500
A general who gained army commission through political pressure.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant.
500
Term of derision used in the South during the Reconstruction era for white southern Republicans.
What is Scalawags.
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