Civil War Key Events
The name of the Union strategy that blocked Southern ports to weaken the Confederacy.
The Anaconda Plan
Which Amendment outlawed Slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment
This person helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
True or False: The 15th Amendment gave African American women the right to vote.
False. This amendment extended voting rights to only African American men.
This battle was considered a turning point because the Union stopped the Confederacy’s invasion of the North.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Which battle offically started the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Which amendment guaranteed voting rights to Black men?
The 15th amendment
This woman served as the Union's Superintendent of Army Nurses during the Civil War. She was the first woman to hold this position.
Dorthea Dix
This amendment granted equal protection under the law.
The 14th amendment
Describe some of the effects of the Civil War on the South.
Damage to land, property, cities, and the southern economy. Additionally, 4 million people were freed from enslavement.
The name of Abraham Lincoln's document that ended slavery in areas that were in rebellion (the south).
The Emancipation Proclamation
Which event officially ended Reconstruction?
The Comrpomise of 1877
This president's main goal was to save (or preserve) the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
These three amendments expanded the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War (also the bloodiest single day in American history).
The Battle of Antietam
What is the name of the speech Abraham Lincoln gave to encourage American to continue fighting for the Union?
The Gettysburg Adress
Describe Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan.
His plan was less strict. He wanted the southern states to rejoin the Union quickly and peacefully.
President Lincoln's successor (the person who became president after Lincoln).
Andrew Johnson
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery across the United States.
False. Slavery was still technically legal in border states following the war. The passing of the 13th Amendment would officially outlaw slavery across all of the United States.
The Emancipation Proclamation did NOT end slavery in these states.
The border states. x2 if students name all 4 of the states.
Name three of the four border states.
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky
Describe Congress's Reconstruction Plan.
This plan was much stricter than President Lincoln's and President Johnson's plans. They wanted states to rejoin, but with strict requirements. They also wanted to ensure rights for Black Americans were protected.
This Nurse became known for helping soldiers during the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
Which rights are guaranteed in the 14th Amendment?
Equal protection under the law and citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the start of the Civil War.
To preserve the Union