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This amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws"
What is the 14th amendment
This agency was created by the government and helped newly freed African Americans find jobs, homes, education, and a better life
What is the Freedman's Bureau
This battle was the first of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
This man was the main general for the Union in the Civil War, and would go on to become President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
A military order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared all enslaved people in rebellious states to be free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
These states were slave states during the American Civil War that remained in the Union
What are border states
This person's primary strategy during the Civil War was to preserve the Union by utilizing a naval blockade to cut off the Confederacy's economy, known as the "Anaconda Plan," which involved isolating the South by controlling the Mississippi River and gradually squeezing them with land forces
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This man was the general of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe opened reader's eyes to the realities of slavery and the humanity of enslaved people
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
This amendment prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except as punishment for a crime
What is the 13th Amendment
This amendment grants the right to vote to all male citizens, regardless of their race, color, or previous condition of servitude
What is the 15th amendment
A type of bullet used extensively in the American Civil War
This former slave was the main character in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1857 that declared enslaved people were not considered citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court
Who is Dred Scott
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Who was the 15th President of the United States?
A series of five laws passed by the U.S. Congress that aimed to settle disputes over slavery in newly acquired territories following the Mexican-American War
These people were moving south to take advantage of the economic and political situation
Who are carpetbaggers
The first African American regiment to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War
What is the Massachusetts 54th
The March to the Sea was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864, in which troops went through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties....led by this man
Who is William T. Sherman
This concept says that white colonizers were chosen by God to expand their territory in the U.S. and turn the Native people into Christians
What is manifest destiny
A law passed in 1820 by Congress to address the debate over whether new states would allow slavery
Missouri Compromise of 1820
This group of people led efforts after the war to establish civil rights for former slaves and fully implement emancipation
Who are the Radical Republicans
This battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
This man was the President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
The political doctrine that the people living in a territory should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery when applying for statehood
What is popular sovereignty