Vocabulary
Separation of Black and Whites
Segregation
This plan was a war strategy designed to "squeeze" the Confederacy.
Anaconda Plan
Laws that denied African Americans many things, including the right to vote, to take part in jury trials, to own land or guns, or to take certain jobs. It allowed unemployed African Americans to be fined or arrested.
Black Codes
President Lincoln made a short speech at a ceremony to dedicate a national cemetery. In his speech, Lincoln inspired the Union to keep fighting for a united nation and the end of slavery.
Gettysburg Address
What were the 3 parts of the Union's war strategy?
1. set up a blockade of the Confederacy's Atlantic and Gulf coasts
2. Capture territory along the Mississippi to weaken the Confederacy by cutting the Southern states in two
3. Attack the Confederacy from both east and the west
The shutting off of an area by troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out is known as what?
Blockade
What granted freedom to slaves in any Confederate states that were still battling the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation
The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.
Thirteenth Amendment
Who was the head of the Union forces in the Battle of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
The murdering of a government or political leader is known as what?
Assassination
The practice of renting land from landowners and then paying the rent with a portion of the crop produced on that land.
Sharecropping
The rebuilding and healing of the country after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
How did most soldiers die during the Civil War?
Disease and Infection
This refers to the rebuilding of the country after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Laws that enforced segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
The place where Generals Lee and Grant met to discuss the terms of the Confederates' surrender of the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House
Name 3 ways women contributed to the war effort.
Ran businesses, ran farms, became teachers, became office workers, spies, nurses, gathered supplies
This battle lasted three days and was one of the most important battles of the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
This gave African Americans citizenship and equal protection of the law.
Fourteenth Amendment
Who said, "I would rather die a thousand deaths."
Robert E. Lee
What was the war strategy of the Condederacy?
Defend the Confederacy until the North grows tired and gives up. Britain will assist in the war because they depend on Southern cotton.