Leaders
Who was president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the effect of the Battle of Vicksburg?
It cut the confederacy in two and gave the Union controll of the Mississippi River?
What did the South fear Lincoln would take away if he gained Presidency?
Slavery
How did the North divide the South?
They Divided the South into military districts/
What did the 13th amendment do?
Freed slaves
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What was the bloodiest battle of the civil war?
Antietam
The division of the United States into the West, North, and South?
Sectionalism
What government organization was created to help freed men get jobs, help buy houses, gave funding, and helped against discrimination.
Freedmen’s Bureau.
What did the 14th amendment do.
Granted citizenship to freed slaves.
Who surrender at Appomattox Court House?
Robert E. Lee
What is the last battle of the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House.
What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln because of the emancipation proclamation?
John Wilkes Booth
What did the 15th amendment do?
It gave all free men the right to vote.
Who led the March to the Sea?
William T. Sherman
What battle did “Stonewall” Jackson get his nickname.
Battle of Bull Run
What was it called when States thought they had power to nullify laws they didn’t like?
States Rights.
What party wanted to heavily punish the South?
The Radical Republicans.
What did the Emancipation proclamation do?
It freed all slaves that were in rebellious states.
Who was killed at the Battle of Bull Run by his own men?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.
How are the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg different from most other battles of the Civil War.
They took place in union territory.
What did the north want to stop?
Slavery moving west.
What did the South pass to limit Africans Americans?
Black Codes.
What happened in the South because of the Corrupt bargain and what did they give to reach a agreement?
The North took all soldiers out of the South and let Rutherford B. Hayes become president of the United States.