Lincoln's Legacy
Delivered on January 1, 1863, this document declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This amendment, the first of the Reconstruction Amendments, legally abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
Established by Congress in 1865, this organization was created to help formerly enslaved people transition to freedom.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This era, from 1865 to 1877, aimed to rebuild the South and reintegrate the Confederate states into the Union
What is the Reconstruction Era?
This three-day battle in July 1863 is considered the bloodiest of the Civil War, with over 50,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Delivered on November 19, 1863, this famous speech was given at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This amendment grants citizenship to "all people born or naturalized in the United States"
What is the 14th Amendment?
The official, full name of the Freedmen's Bureau.
What is the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands?
This president led the "Presidential Reconstruction" phase, which was considered lenient toward the South
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This military campaign, featured in a video, was one of the last in the Civil War.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
This event on April 14, 1865, involved John Wilkes Booth and took place at Ford's Theatre
What is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
The Emancipation Proclamation is noted as paving the way for this 1865 amendment
What is the 13th Amendment?
This was a primary goal and lasting impact of the Bureau, which involved establishing schools and educational programs
What is education?
These laws were passed by Southern states to restrict the rights of freed African Americans after the war
What are Black Codes?
He assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
In his Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865), Lincoln set a "conciliatory tone" and called for this rather than punishment for the South.
What is peaceful reconciliation?
The 14th Amendment prohibits states from denying this, ensuring laws apply to everyone fairly.
What is "equal protection under the law"?
The Bureau provided these two essential services, along with education, employment assistance, and legal support.
What are healthcare and food/clothing/medical aid?
This was one of the three requirements for readmission under Presidential Reconstruction, along with declaring secession illegal and repudiating Confederate debts.
What is abolishing slavery (or ratifying the 13th Amendment)?
The Battle of Gettysburg is considered a "turning point" in the war because it repelled the Confederate army and severely weakened their ability to conduct these.
What are offensive operations in the North?
The Emancipation Proclamation shifted the Civil War's focus from only preserving the Union to also doing this
What is ending slavery?
The 14th Amendment protects citizens from being deprived of "life, liberty, or property" without this.
What is "due process of law"?
The Bureau was dismantled in this year, due to factors like funding shortages and significant resistance.
What is 1872?
According to the files, the Freedmen's Bureau ended due to lack of federal support, waning Northern interest, and this major factor.
What is Southern opposition?
Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger conspiracy to also kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and this Secretary of State
Who is William H. Seward?