Terms
What is a Northerner moving South during Reconstruction to take advantage of cheap land
Carpetbagger
President who thought that slavery should be abolished
Who is Abe Lincoln
The first battle the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
Amendment to the Constitution which made slavery illegal
What is the 13th Amendment
Series of debates between the 1860 Presidential candidates
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The military strategy used to blockade the Confederate coast and rivers.
What is the Anaconda Plan
President after Lincoln that was sympathetic to the South, leading to many problems
Who is Andrew Johnson
Bloodiest day in American history
What is Battle of Antietam
Amendment to the Constitution which granted citizenship to African Americans
What is the 14th Amendment
Leading to more injuries and casualties, this could be loaded quickly, shoot further, and more accurately.
What is a rifle
Border States
What are Maryland (CSA), Kentucky (US), Missouri (US), and Delaware (US)
Enslaved person who rightfully sued for his freedom protected by the Constitution but was denied
Who is Dred Scott
Turning point of war, leading to a rallying speech by Lincoln to encourage Northerners to stay in the fight
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
Amendment to the Constitution which granted suffrage (right to vote) for all African Americans
What is the 15th Amendment
The Compromise of <blank> put Rutherford Hayes into office as the nation's 19th president and ended Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877
The small ship coated in cast iron, resistant to cannon fire
What is an Ironclad
General of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E Lee
What is Appomattox Courthouse
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Abolition of Slavery, Growth of Federal Government, Growth of industry, Nation reunited, Growing social issues
What are Effects of the War/Reconstruction Era
Farming land, typically by African Americans, that is rented and split profits with white land owners
What is Sharecropping
Who is John Wilkes Booth
First major battle of the war, an embarrassment for the Union.
What is the Battle of Bull Run
Harsh laws to regulate behavior of African Americans that originated from Slave Codes
What are the Jim Crow laws
Slavery, State's Rights, Economic and Social Sectionalism, and Secession
What are Causes of the War