Leaders
The President of the USA during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This woman was a battlefield nurse during the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
Deadliest single-day battle of the war, and Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation following the battle.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This economy was destroyed following the Civil War because slaves were a key part of the farming industry.
What is the Southern Economy?
This person's assassination made things worse for the South because he was their best hope for peace and unification.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This woman instructed nurses during the Civil War and later went on to pass laws to support Mental Health.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Freed slaves struggled to adapt to Southern Society because most lacked these TWO things.
What is money and education?
Lincoln's plan for reconstruction would not bring back Southern states until at least this ___% of white males took a loyalty oath towards the Union.
What is 10%?
General of the Union Army that was a master of military tactics and would later become the 18th President of the USA
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
This amendment officially ended slavery in the USA.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The battle that made the Union and Confederacy realize that the war would be long and expensive. (people watched and picknicked during the battle)
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
An organization that helped former slaves get jobs, learn to read & write, and reunite with family members.
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
General for the Confederacy that was first offered command of the Union, but refused because he wanted to represent his home state of Virginia
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This amendment gave voting rights to African American men in the USA.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The battle that helped the Union take control of the Mississippi River, using the Anaconda Plan
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This speech by Abraham Lincoln was to motivate Union soldiers to finish fighting the war and reunify the USA.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This reconstruction plan put Southern states under military control until the 14th & 15th Amendments were approved.
What is the Congressional Reconstruction plan?
Who are Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?
This amendment gave citizenship and equal rights to every person born in the USA.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Turning-point battle of the war, because General Lee couldn't lead an offensive after this loss.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The assassination of President Lincoln caused this group to gain power and leave the nation further divided.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
A compromise marking the official "end" to the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
What is the Compromise of 1877?