Civil War People
The president of the U.S.
The president of the Confederacy
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Who is Jefferson Davis
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter?
This declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Forcing people into military service.
What was the draft? or conscription?
Lincoln's plan to readmit the former Confederate states to the Union was known as this.(how many had to take an oath?)
What was the Ten Percent Plan?
This was the group in Congress that took over Reconstruction from President Johnson.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Hailed in the North as a martyr and considered a lunatic in the South, he was a radical abolitionist
Who is John Brown
Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated this man succeeded in the presidency (became the new president).
Who is Andrew Johnson
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The idea that people should have the right to decided whether to be a slave or a free state.
What is Popular sovereignty?
In April 1866, Congress passed this bill, Which gave African Americans citizenship, gave the U.S. Government the right to protect the rights of freedmen (the name given freed slaves) and women.
But Congress worried that this act could be overturned by the Supreme Court so this amendment was passed.
What was the 14th Amendment?
The president of the United States impeached during Reconstruction.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
The branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
Northern and Southern forces fought over the issue of slavery which resulted in bloodshed
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Who is John Wilkes Booth
The bloodiest 3 day battle of the Civil War and a couple of months later the President spoke there.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
A Northerner who moved south during Reconstruction. (to gain political and economic power)
What was a Carpetbagger?
This was a fee that people had to pay in order to vote; it was designed to limit votes for African-Americans
What was the Poll Tax?
This group was formed to help slaves transition from being slaves to being free citizens. It also helped them to get land, find their relatives and get an education
What was The Freedman's Bureau?
The branch that makes sure that the laws that have been passed are constitutional and fair to the people
What is the Judicial branch?
He beat Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate because he felt he was being insulted
Who is Preston Brooks
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman
Robert E. Lee surrendered here
Appomattox Court House
This act strengthened a previous law and effectively made all people slave catchers.
What was The Fugitive Slave Act?
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
These laws were passed in the South after Reconstruction ended restricting the rights of African Americans. The North would later pass many of the same laws.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state in this agreement.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
He sued for his freedom, but was denied by the Supreme Court
Who is Dred Scott?
The general who later became a president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
An organized secret society that used terror and violence against African Americans to keep them from voting.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This amendment gave all men the right to vote-- black and white.
What is the 15th Amendment?
These were put into place during Reconstruction to restrict former slaves in the southern states from being involved in politics, travel, or in the justice system.
What were Black Codes?
The agreement ended Reconstruction. This made Hayes President while removing troops out of the South.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
Political party established in 1854 that opposed the expansion of slavery
What is the Republican Party?