Civil War People
Civil War Places
Civil War Things
Civil War Ideas
Civil War Events
Odds and Ends
Reconstruction
Government
100
The president of the U.S.
The president of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
100
The first shots of the war were fired here
Fort Sumter
100
The uniforms of Union and Confederacy were these two colors
What are the Blue and the Gray
100
Ownership of human beings, it was the primary cause of the Civil War
Slavery
100
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession
100
The war began this year
The war ended this year
1861
1865
100
which military leader was in charge of the whole Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
100
General Grant
200
Because Abraham Lincoln was assassinated this man succeeded the presidency (became the new president).
Who is Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson
200
The first major battle of the war was fought here
Battle of Bull Run
200
What was the battle in the Civil War that was a big turning point towards winning for the North
Battle of Gettysburg
200
A part of the Anaconda Plan that prevented the Confederacy from trading.
Blockade
200
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union
Battle of Vicksburg
200
Forcing people into military service.
The draft
200
Lincoln's plan to readmit the former Confederate states to the Union was known as this.
the Ten Percent Plan
200
Which branch of government makes the laws?
What is the Legislative branch
the Legislative branch
300
Removed from command for failing to pursue Lee's army after the battle of Antietam
General George B. McClellan
300
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
300
the capital city of the Confederate States
Richmond, Virginia
300
This declared slaves in rebellion states to be freed in an effort to deprive the Confederacy of its workforce
the Emancipation Proclamation
300
African Americans were more likely to vote for Republican or Democrats
Republicans
300
In April 1866, Congress passed this bill, Which gave African Americans citizenship, gave the U.S. Government the right to protect the rights of freedmen (the name given freed slaves) and women.
But Congress worried that this act could be overturned by the Supreme Court
.
the Civil Rights Act
300
The president of the United States impeached during Reconstruction was
Andrew Johnson
300
200
Which branch makes sure that the laws that have been passed are constitutional and fair to the people
Judicial branch
400
He shouted "thus always to tyrants"
John Wilkes Booth
400
Robert E. Lee surrendered here on this date--Month and year
April, 1865
400
How many days after Lee's surrender was President Lincoln assassinated
5
400
The idea that people should have the right to decided whether to be a slave or free state.
Popular sovereignty
400
In 1862, the battle between these two iron-clad ships ended when neither side could destroy the other.
the Monitor and the Merrimack
400
Congress passed this Amendment in June 1866, because they feared that the Civil Rights Act might be overturned. This gave African Americans citizenship. It also required that no state deny any person “the equal protection of the laws”.
What is the 14th Amendment to the constitution?
14th Amendment to the constitution?
400
What group was formed to help slaves transition from being slaves to being a free citizen. It also helped them to get land, find their relatives and get an education
The Freedman's Bureau
400
General Robert E. Lee
500
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
William Sherman
500
Slave states that remained in the Union
The number of Union slave states
border states
5
500
This act strengthened a previous law and effectively made all people slave catchers.
The Fugitive Slave Act
500
What is a Northerner who moved south during Reconstruction? (to gain political and economic power)
Carpetbagger
500
Name 2 things that had been destroyed from the Civil War in the South
Railroads, industries, homes, and farms.
500
This amendment ended slavery.
13th amendment
500
what laws were passed in the south
Many whites thought that you could make the slaves free but still keep them away from the whites and not have anything to do with them
Jim Crowe laws
500
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state in this agreement
What was the Missouri Compromise
600
The general who later became a president
Ulysses S. Grant
600
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in this city
Charleston
600
This is the supreme law of the United States, written by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1787.
the Constitution
600
Organized secret society that used terror and violence against African Americans to keep them from voting
Ku Klux Klan
600
This was a fee that people had to pay in order to vote; it was designed to limit votes for African-Americans
the Poll Tax
600
hat amendment gave all men the right to vote-- black and white
15th Amendment
600
These were put into place during Reconstruction to restrict former slaves in the southern states from being involved in politics, travel, or in the justice system.
Black Codes
Black Codes
600
He died after being accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville; it was a huge loss for the Confederacy.
Stonewall Jackson