Vocab
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This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
What killed the most men during the Civil War?
Disease
Where did most battles of the war take place?
The south
Name given to the 4 million slaves who were freed after the Civil War
Freedmen
This man became the president after Lincoln was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery in all of the United States.
The deadliest battle of the Civil War which lasted 3 days
Battle of Gettysburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
This man marched through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, destroying crops and food supplies.
Philip Sheridan
Aside from disease, why did so many people die in the Civil War?
Advanced military weapons
What was the name of the African American Regiment we learned about in class?
The 54th Massachusetts
The era following the Civil War
Reconstruction
Who was the Union general who accepted the surrender of the Confederacy?
Ulysses S. Grant
Where did the General Lee surrender his Confederate Army?
Appomattox Court House
Military tactic in which the enemy is encircled and bombarded until they surrender.
Siege
She was a nurse during the war and founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
What did Lincoln's plan, Johnson's plan, and the Wade-Davis Bill all have in common?
They all abolished slavery
The assault by Confederate forces to try and break the Union lines during the Battle of Gettysburg. About 6,000 Confederates were killed.
Pickett's Charge.