You Oughta Know!
Important Events
Abe Lincoln Would Have Done Better
War and Reconstruction
The South
100

With the invention of the camera, people at home finally realized that war was __________________

Destructive, Terrible, Bad, Awful, Violent, etc

100
On this day, slaves in Texas learned that they were FREE!!!

June 19th, 1865

100
How did Abe Lincoln want to handle reconstruction?

Forgive the South and help them rejoin the country

100

The Southern states who believed they had the right to secede were called the...

Confederacy / Confederate States

100

What was the nickname for Southerners who supported Reconstruction?

Scalawags

200

What does the word "ratify" mean?

approve

200
The North's battle plan was the surround the South and slowly "choke" them out of the war. What was this plan called?

The Anaconda Plan

200

What did Congress attempt to do to Andrew Johnson after he repeatedly vetoed their laws?

Impeach

200

What was a problem that the South faced after the Civil War?

Destruction, Loss of Slavery, 

200

Immediately after the Civil War, the South passed laws designed to limit the freedom of freedmen called...

Black Codes

300

An addition or change to the US Constitution is called... 

amendment

300

What was the name of the 3 day battle where the North defeated the Southern army in Pennsylvannia?

Gettysburg

300

What song did Abraham Lincoln have the band play to show respect and admiration for the South?

Dixie

300

Which amendment officially ended slavery?

13th

300

What did the South have to do to rejoin the United States?

Approve the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

400

Who became the President after Abraham Lincoln's death?

Andrew Johnson

400

What Holiday was created to remember the brave soldiers who lost their lives at Gettysburg?

Memorial Day

400

What organization built schools and provided food for freedmen?

The Freedmen's Bureau 
400

What secret organization in the South would punish/kill freedmen and anyone who helped them?

The KKK

400

After the Union army left the South, Southerners began passing laws to encourage white supremacy called...

Jim Crow Laws

500

What was the name of the woman who founded the Red Cross?

Clara Barton

500

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant? 

Appomattox Courthouse

500

On the night of April 14th, Abe Lincoln was assassinated. Who killed him?

John Wilkes Booth

500

Place these events in order:

A. Northern Army leaves the South

B. 15th amendment is passed

C. Jim Crow Laws begin

D. Final Confederate State rejoins the Union

B - D - A - C

500

Write down the three "voting infringement" laws that the South used to limit freedmen's voting rights

Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Clause

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