Civil War Politics
This actor fatally shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
John Wilkes Booth
This South Carolina fort played host to the first shots of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
This president began creating a "Ten-Percent" plan for reconstruction before the Civil War had ended
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States
The 13th Amendment
The second president of the United States
John Adams
The Union plan of splitting the Confederacy by taking the Mississippi and blockading them at sea is known as this
The Anaconda Plan
This small town in Central Virginia is the location of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
White Southerners who joined the Republican Party were called this by Southern Democrats
Scalawag
Southern states passed these discriminatory laws that severely restricted African Americans' lives
Black Codes
The fifth president of the United States
James Monroe
As a result of this event, Lincoln decided to not "fight two wars at once," and Britain chose to remain neutral
The Trent Affair
This Union General led a "March to the Sea" from the Tennessee/Georgia border, to Savannah, Georgia
William Tecumseh Sherman
This successor to Abraham Lincoln had a plan for Reconstruction that was very favorable for the former Confederate states
Andrew Johnson
This Act of Congress gave African Americans citizenship and forbade states from passing Black Codes. Andrew Johnson would veto this legislation
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The sixth president of the United States
John Quincy Adams
This was the first state that Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in during the Civil War
Maryland
These two ironclad ships met at sea, officially ending the use of wooden ships in warfare
The Monitor and the Merrimack
In this labor system, landowners divided the land and gave each worker a few acres, along with the tools and seed they might need
Sharecropping
This amendment gave civil rights to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States"
The 14th Amendment
The tenth president of the United States
John Tyler
This war measure was given by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 and was directed towards all areas in rebellion against the United States
The Emancipation Proclamation
This battle lasted three days and involved the Union maintaining control of Little Round Top
Battle of Gettysburg
Congressional Reconstruction created five military districts in the former Confederacy, excluding this state
Tennessee
This amendment says: "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on the basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"
The fourteenth president of the United States
Franklin Pierce