Civil War Battles
Life on the Homefront
Early Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
This battle, a northern victory, is considered the turning point in the Civil War. Pickett's Charge happened here.
What is Battle of Gettysburg.
100
True or False: A soldier was more likely to die in a camp or hospital than he was to be killed on the battlefield.
What is true. Most soldiers died from battle wounds or disease like dysentery.
100
Lincoln's original plan for Reconstruction in the South.
What is 10% Plan.
100
Lincoln's VP who became President upon his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson.
100
First all-black regiment of the United States Army.
What is 54th Massachusetts.
200
This battle marked the bloodiest single-day in US military history, resulting in 23,000 casualties.
What is Battle of Antietam.
200
During the war Lincoln suspended this legal protection against unlawful arrest and detainment.
What is habeas corpus.
200
This man shot and killed President Lincoln, marking the first successful presidential assassination in US history.
Who is John Wilkes Booth.
200
Amendment that guaranteed all African Americans the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections.
What is 15th Amendment.
200
The final phase of Union victory, led by Gen. William T. Sherman.
What is March to the Sea.
300
Place of Lee's official surrender of his southern forces to Gen. Grant and the Union Army.
What is Appomattox Court House.
300
Document written by President Lincoln that freed all slaves in areas of rebellion. Why was it only for certain areas?
What is Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln did not intend to actually free the slaves. His intention was to weaken the Southern economy.
300
This amendment permanently ended slavery in the United States.
What is 13th Amendment.
300
Name the law President Johnson violated that led to his impeachment.
What is Tenure of Office Act.
300
Type of tax created in the south to limit the ability of blacks to vote.
What is Poll Tax.
400
Gen. Grant secured Union control of the Mississippi River with this northern victory.
What is Battle of Vicksburg.
400
Law passed by Congress that officially instituted the draft to help replenish the Union Army.
What is Conscription (Act).
400
First government relief agency responsible for administering reconstruction policies in southern governments.
What is Freedman's Bureau.
400
Agricultural system meant to keep blacks in situation similar to slavery.
What is Sharecropping or Tenant Farming
400
Describe the cycle of debt people experienced as a result of sharecropping.
Poor whites and freedmen have no land, job or money. They sign work contracts in exchange for crops. Landlord keeps track and decides to pay or not pay. Sharecropper cannot leave the farm especially if he is in debt.
500
Scavenger Hunt Question: More men died from this disease during war than anything else.
What is dysentery.
500
The first six words of President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address."
What is "Four Score and Seven Years Ago."
500
Name the Southern state that was not forced into Military Reconstruction.
What is Tennessee
500
What reasons contributed to government's abandonment of Reconstruction?
What is violence, taxes/expenses, Southern resistance, corruption.
500
describe the black codes we discussed
What are Curfews – black people could not gather after sunset Vagrancy Laws – being convicted of not working --- could be fined, beat or sold for labor Labor contracts – sign a work contract in Jan, if you quit you lose your wages Land restrictions – freed people cannot RENT land in the South
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