People
He signed the Emancipation Proclamation and was the 16th President
Abe Lincoln
What was the cause of the Civil War?
Slavery, but it's more complicated than that.
Someone who valued equality and wanted to end slavery forever
Abolitionist
which amendment gave black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life
Segregation
This man was the lead Confederate General who turned the war around.
Robert E. Lee
What was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
a democrat who wanted peace rather than war
Copperhead
which amendment abolished slavery
13th Amendment
a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves
Ku Klux Klan
This man was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President who would succeed him as president
Andrew Johnson
What Battle captured the Mississippi river for the Union?
Vicksburg
to formally withdraw or separate from a larger group, organization, or country, often with the goal of becoming independent
To Secede/Secession
which amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US
14th Amendment
These buildings were a source of strength in the black community, providing a safe meeting place, night school, day care, etc.
Churches
This man was the president of the Confederacy while it lasted.
Jefferson Davis
Who was the radical white abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry hoping that a slave uprising would take place?
John Brown
loyalty or support for a particular region of one's country, rather than to the country as a whole
Sectionalism
laws enacted in the Southern states after the Civil War, designed to restrict the freedom and rights of formerly enslaved people, effectively maintaining white supremacy and a system of racial control
Black Codes
What two obstacles did southern whites implement to discourage African-Americans from voting?
Poll Taxes and Literacy (reading/writing) Tests that were impossible to pass.
This man was a Radical Republican Senator who had a reconstruction plan that would give 40 acres and a mule to every former slave.
Thaddeus Stevens
What was the name of the plan where the Union slowly strangled the South by cutting off supply lines and sectioning the south off? (HINT: ITS AN ANIMAL. "The ______ Plan")
The Anaconda Plan
the idea that the government's power comes from the people, and that the government should serve the people's will (HINT: P_____ S______; Kansas-Nebraska)
Popular Sovereignty
established military rule in the former Confederate states, required them to ratify the 14th Amendment, write new constitutions, and grant voting rights to Black men before readmission to the Union
Military Reconstruction Act
What was the Compromise of 1877
Hayes gets elected president and the Union withdraws its troops from the South