People
Mixed
Civil War
Reconstruction
Vocab
100
He was president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
100
Name one way that women helped during the war
1. Took care of homes and farms 2. Spies 3. Dressed as men and fought 4. Sent food and supplies
100
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender his army?
Appomattox Court House
100
What was the main goal of Reconstruction?
To Reunite the North and the South
100
The murder of a political or government leader
Assassination
200
He believed in total war and led the March to Sea from Atlanta to Savannah
William T. Sherman
200
What did Confederates believe at the start of the Civil War?
If they stayed and defended their land, the Union would eventually give up because they had nothing to gain
200
Name one advantage that the North had during the war
1. Money 2. Trains 3. Weapons 4. Ships
200
What are Jim Crow Laws?
They meant to segregate African Americans
200
The vocabulary word for bringing charges against an elected official by the House of Representatives
Impeachment
300
Who was the Union General
Ulysseus S. Grant
300
Which amendment gave all African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law? Bonus: who would have benefited from the Amendment?
14th Amendment Bonus: Dred Scott
300
Name one advantage that the South had during the war
1. More experienced soldiers 2. Better generals
300
Which agency was founded to help freedmen (ex slaves) adjust to their new lives?
Freedmen’s Bureau
300
Union strategy for defeating the Confederacy by “squeezing” them in
Anaconda Plan
400
Who was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
400
Who wrote the famous book that exposed the cruelties and slavery and what was the book called?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin
400
How did African Americans help in the war effort?
They became soldiers
400
Why were Black Codes created?
Southerners hoped to return African Americans to slavery
400
A method of warfare used to destroy the opposing army and the people’s will to fight
Total War
500
Andrew Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Name one GOOD thing that Andrew Johnson did
1. Declared secession illegal 2. Passed the 13th Amendment
500
Explain the problem associated with sharecropping
It was an endless cycle because sharecroppers had a very difficult time getting out of debt and saving enough money for their own land
500
What was the purpose of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?
1. Mark a great victory for the Union 2. Inspire Union soldiers
500
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery forever?
13th Amendment
500
An amendment to the Constitution that gave all male citizens the right to vote
15th Amendment
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