Civil War Events
People
Documents
Amendments
Reconstruction
100
This conflict resolved the issue of slavery and ended state's efforts to declare a law of congress null and void
The Civil War
100
The Confederate General
Robert E. Lee
100
This aquired land from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States
The Louisiana Purchase
100
This amendment outlawed slavery
13th Amendment
100
Who funded reconstruction?
The Government
200
When this man won the Presidential Election South Carolina seceded from the Union
Lincoln
200
These men could be seen in the South after the Civil War for being power hungry and to make money fast
Carpetbaggers
200
This compromise in 1820 would maintain equal number of slave and free states
Missouri Compromise
200
What is an easy way to remember the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments?
Free Citizens Vote
200
Who replaced President Lincoln after he was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
300
The Civil War took place between what years?
1861-1865
300
General Lee surrendered the Confederacy to this man on April 9, 1865
General Ulysses Grant
300
Repealed the Missouri Compromise and let the territories decide whether they would be slave or free states
Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
This Amendment gave all adult males the right to vote, regardless of color
The 15th Amendment
300
Who won the Civil War and moved the county into the period of Reconstruction?
The Union or United States
400
This was the location where Lee surrendered to Grant to end the War
Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
400
5 days after the war ended, Lincoln was assassinated by this man
John Wilkes Booth
400
This Speech was given by Lincoln to assure the American people the country would stand strong
The Gettysburg Address
400
This amendment gave citizenship to all men, regardless of color
The 14th Amendment
400
This was a period to repair the south and restore the southern states to the Union
Reconstruction
500
This 3 day battle is know as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
500
These people were forced to serve in the south but were mostly used for manual labor, not combat
Black Soldiers
500
This document freed all slaves in the Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamaion
500
What is a common characteristic of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
They aim to protect the civil rights of African Americans
500
This allowed families to farm on a planters land in return for housing and a portion of their crop. It was also the most common new farming arrangement.
Sharecropping
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