Battles
Which battle was a three day battle in the American civil war that fought between the union and confederate?
The battle of Gettysburg
aligned himself with the cause of the Confederate war effort and in support for his home state of Virginia
Who is Robert E. Lee?
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time.
What is Missouri Compromise?
10% of the voters within the Confederate states swear allegiance to the Union and recognize the emancipation of former slaves.
What is Lincoln´s Ten Percent Plan?
The amendment that anyone born in the United States are citizens
What is the 14th Amendment?
Battle where the first shots were fired
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
the 16th President of the United States, is known for leading the nation during the Civil War, enacting the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
government based on consent of the people. The government's source of authority is the people, and its power is not legitimate if it disregards the will of the people.
what is popular sovereignty?
granting amnesty and returning people's property if they pledged to be loyal to the United States.
What is Johnson´s Plan ?
laws that kept African Americans separate from other Americans
What is Jim Crow Laws
What battle allowed union troops to penetrate the confederate interior
What is The battle of Shiloh?
Served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
Who is Jefferson Davis ?
The president who issued the emancipation proclamation and was elected .
The election of Abraham Lincoln?
The bill divided the former Confederate states, except for Tennessee, into five military districts.
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
The amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
The First Battle fought of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Bull Run
Led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
Who is Ulysses Grant?
the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world.
What is the Abolitionist Movement ?
what is military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces?
what is the Anaconda Plan?
Only African American Men could vote
What is the 15th amendment?
was the last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi River and capturing it would have freed the way for Union forces that take full control over the river and effectively divide the Confederacy in two parts.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
American Civil War general and a major architect of modern warfare. He led Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South, marching through Georgia and the Carolina's (1864–65).
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Main cause of the Civil War ?
What is Slavery?
Wanted to punish the south for leaving. They wanted to take away the ex-confederates/supporters right to vote. They called it the Iron Clad Oath.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
The organization set up to provide slaves with food, clothing, education, and jobs
What is The Freedmen´s Bureau