Causes of the Civil War
Resulted in the death of 60 whites; led to stricter slave codes
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Union strategy to win the Civil War; cut off all supply lines to the Confederacy
Anaconda Plan
President of the Union; issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Time period post-Civil War; sought to fix the South's economy, politics, & society
Reconstruction
Amendment that abolishes slavery
13th
Proposal by David Wilmot to ban slavery in all Mexican cession territories; opposed by the South
Wilmot Proviso
Failed northern invasion by the Confederacy; bloodiest single-day battle; ended in a tie
Antietam
General of the Confederate army; fought for his home state of Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Organization that provided shelter, clothing, job opportunities, education,etc...to newly freed millions of slaves
Freedman's Bureau
Amendment that gives citizenship rights to newly freed slaves
14th
Admitted California as a free state; enacted the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant; ending the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse
Union commanding general; will become the 18th US President
Ulysses S. Grant
Institution founded by a former slave & two ministers; taught newly freed slaves how to read & write
Moorehouse College
15th
Admitted Missouri as a slave state; Maine as a free state; established the 36-30 line
Missouri Compromise
Southern city besieged by the Union; led to the Union controlling the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
President of the Confederate States of America; wanted to protect states' rights
Jefferson Davis
Reconstruction plan that desired to re-admit the South quickly; take a 10% loyalty oath; ratify the 13th amendment; "forgiveness"
Presidential Reconstruction Plan
Issued by President Lincoln that freed ALL slaves in the Confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation
Event that caused seven southern states' to secede from the Union; South worried the new president would abolish slavery
Election of 1860
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War; turning point of the Civil War; President Lincoln honored all the men who died at this engagement
Gettysburg
Led "March to the Sea" campaign; burned Atlanta, GA to the ground
William T. Sherman
Reconstruction plan that required southern states to ratify the 13,14,15 amendments; take a 50% loyalty oath; divided the South into 5 military districts; "punishment"
Radical Republican Reconstruction Plan
Speech given by President Lincoln to honor all the soldiers who died at the battle of Gettysburg; reminded the goal of the Union (preserve the Union)
Gettysburg Address