Amendments
What did the 13th Amendment do?
It had set slaves free
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
What was the purpose of reconstruction?
It was so Confederrate states like Georgia could be enveloped into the Union
What Section of the United States where a part of the Union?
The Northern States
What Section of the United States where a part of the Confederacy?
The Southern States
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Established all people born in the United States of America as American citizens
What was the court case where a former slave fought for his freedom through the justice system?
The Dred Scott Case
What was the Biggest city under construction in Georgia during the reconstruction period?
Atlanta
What were the main idea of the Union, specifically slavery?
They thought the idea of slavery was monstrous and inhuman acts that where unessacary and despicable. They desired to at the very least stop the spread of slavery and perhaps eradicate it.
What were the main idea of the Confederates, specifically slavery?
They thought of slavery as a neccessity for their agricultural production and mostly thought of slaves as lesser than. Because of this they wanted to preserve slavery and keep it in place for as long as they possibly could.
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Aloud male U.S. citizens the privilege to vote
Which battle from the Civil War was the most important and influential?
The battle of Bull Run
What was established to help former slaves adjust to their new found freedom.
The Freedman's Bureau
What was the greatest and most essential victory for the Union?
The Battle of Gettysburg
What was the greatest and most essential victory for the Confederacy?
The Battle of Chickamauga
How did Southerneres get around the 15th Amendment?
They use Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests
What was written as a compromise between the two opposing sides were the Confederates had gotte the Fugitive Slave act in place, while the Union had gotten California?
The Compromise of 1850
When was the Reconstruction period?
1865-1877
Who is the main general for the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the main general of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Why where the amendments so impactful and important for when they where established?
They gave freedom to not only African Americans but all minorities and where highly controversial when they where established. They had allowed minorities to have (mostly) equal rights and had allowed them to be on the same level as the white people.
What was the greatest and most important speech during the Civil War? (HINT: Abraham Lincoln)
The Gettysburg Address
What was Lincoln's plan, and why could he not go through with it?
President Abraham Lincoln only desired 10% of each state to take an oath towards the United States. Although his assasination stoped his plan from coming into fruition.
How many Union sodiers died during the civil war?
640,000
How many Confederate sodiers died during the civil war?
480,000