The Supreme Law
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits this
What is slavery (involuntary servitude)?
The first actual battle of the Civil War and an attempt to capture Richmond, the capitol of the South
What is the 1st Battle of Bull Run?
The Civil War is considered to have started with this incident in South Carolina in 1861
What is the "Firing on Fort Sumter"?
West Point trained, resigned his commission in the U.S. Army to lead the Army of Virginia
Who is (Robert E.) Lee?
Even though Tennessee ratified the 14th Amendment and avoided troop occupation, they have the distinction of being the birthplace of this terrorist organization that operated during the era
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
States ending economic and political ties to the Union
What is secession?
State laws enacted in the South to keep freed slaves in a second class status that were eventually deemed unconstitutional after the 14th Amendment
What are Black Codes?
The bloodiest battle of the war and a defeat for Robert E. Lee, its cemetery was commemorated by Lincoln in a famous speech
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Monitor and the Merrimack, renamed the Virginia, represent this evolution is war weaponry
What is the iron-clad navy ship?
Lincoln settled on this man to lead the Union forces in the final stages of the war
Who is (Ulysses) Grant?
The death of Abraham Lincoln pushed many Republicans to this place on the Political Spectrum
What is radical?
People who move to a new state or area for personal political or economic benefit
What is a Carpetbagger?
The landmark Supreme Court case nullified popular sovereignty and the Missouri Compromise line
What is the Dred Scott case (Dred Scott v Sandford)?
This victory in the West gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River
This plan used the navy to "squeeze" the life blood out of the South during the Civil War by blockading ports
What is the Anaconda Plan?
Led a failed raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia trying to lead slaves to freedom in 1859
Who is (John) Brown?
This party formed in 1854 dedicated to ending slavery
What is the Republican Party?
This important legislation used a multiple syllabic word to proclaim freedom for slaves
What is emancipation?
The 14th Amendment's equal protection and due process clauses apply to this level of government
What is state (and local) government?
The surrender of the Army of Virginia occurred in the kitchen of farmer McLean's house in this town, marking the end of the Civil War
What is Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia?
This welfare agency's lasting contribution to the United States was establishing 3,000 public school for black children to attend
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Commanded the "March to the Sea" and is hated in the South to this day
Who is (William Tecumseh) Sherman?
Individuals who wanted to reunify the nation quickly with minimal punishment for the South after the Civil War were known by this term
What are Moderates?
A traitor to the South and Democratic Party during the Reconstruction Era
What is a Scalawag?
This amendment to the Constitution granted black men the right to vote and the ability to run for national political office
What is the 15th Amendment?
This Union victory gave Lincoln a chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and convinced France and England to NOT help the South
What is the Battle of Antietam?
The first impeached president
Who was (Andrew) Johnson?
President of the Confederacy
Who is (Jefferson) Davis?
The final plan creating 5 zones to punish the South in 1867 resulted from a congressional override of a president's veto and was known as this
What is Military Reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan would be considered on the "far right" of the political spectrum known by this term
What is a reactionary?