Before the War
This word refers to the time period before the Civil War
What is Antebellum?
These were the 2 sides in the Civil War.
What are Confederacy and Union?
This was the first President to be impeached.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
These were laws made AFTER Reconstruction that established racial segregation
What are Jim Crow laws?
This is the word for the time period after the Civil War
What is Reconstruction?
This word refers to the increasing division between regions; caring more about your region.
What is sectionalism?
This was the first battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
This is the President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
These were laws made DURING Reconstruction that limited Black Americans rights in the south.
Who are Radical Republicans?
This event led to the secession of the South.
What is the Election of 1860?
This is the location of the surrender of the Confederacy.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This is President Lincoln's goal during the Civil War.
To preserve the Union
The Emancipation Proclamation did THIS
What is 'freed slaves in rebelling states'?
What are Sharecroppers?
This event led to more reform movements, including abolition and the women's rights movement.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This is the route of General Sherman's plan to destroy the Confederacy.
Atlanta to Savannah, then up the Confederate coast.
This is who was elected in the Compromise of 1877
Who is Rutherford B Hayes?
Explain the Compromise of 1877.
Rutherford B Hayes was elected (Satisfied North) and Military Districts were taken out of the South (Satisfied South)
These were the 2 purposes of the KKK
1. Prevent policies that gave rights to Black Americans
2. Instill fear in Black Americans
These two parties joined to create the Republican Party.
What are the Free Soil and Whig Parties?
List 2 strengths of the Confederacy, and 2 of the Union
Confederacy: Food Production, Military Leadership
Union: Industry Production, Population
List 3 Abolitionists that fought to end slavery.
Harriet Tubman, Fredrick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Grimke Sisters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, etc.
Define the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
13 - Abolished slavery
14 - Anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen; equal protection for all citizens
15 - Right to vote cannot be limited based on race
These 3 things were used to limit black people from voting.
1. Poll Taxes
2. Literacy Tests
3. Grandfather Clauses