Civil War Inventions
This invention helped mostly northern troops allowed soldiers to travel quickly.
What is the railroad?
This amendment granted citizenship to recently freed African Americans.
What is the 14th amendment?
This amendment protects the right to vote based on race.
What is the 15th amendment?
This was the first state to secede.
What is South Carolina?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
These armored gunboats, covered with heavy iron plates up to 3” thick and were nearly invincible to cannon fire.
What are ironclads?
This government office gave food, clothing, education & other kinds of help to the freedman
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
This amendment guaranteed African Americans the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
There were this number of Confederate states in total.
What is 11?
Women mostly served in this profession during the war.
What is nursing?
The South depended on these ships, built for speed, to get past Union ships
What are blockade runners?
This was the name of Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction.
What is the "Ten Percent Plan"?
This document freed enslaved people in all areas that were in rebellion against the United States
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was the South's greatest advantage in the war.
What is military expertise (Robert E. Lee)?
This was the largest killer of soldiers during the Civil War.
What is disease?
This invention allowed for quicker communication among leaders.
What is the telegraph?
This act divided the south into five military districts to help ensure voting rights.
What is the Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867?
Lincoln gave this speech after the Battle of Gettysburg to honor the fallen soldiers.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This was the capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, VA?
She collected supplies and served as a nurse during the Civil War before founding the Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
This invention allowed both sides to more accurately direct military fire.
What is an observation balloon?
He was the leader of the Radical Republicans.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This bill was a compromise between radical and moderate Republicans.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
He was the vice president of the Confederacy.
Who is Alexander Stephens?
This event occurred in April 1863 when the women of Richmond marched on the government.
What is the Bread Riot?