Civil War People
President of the Union, elected in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
18th President, former Union general, leads the country through most of Reconstruction
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in 1865
Appomattox Court House
Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond
This was both the turning point and largest battle of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Became president after Lincoln's assassination, later gets impeached, but not removed from office
Andrew Johnson
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
First Black Naval Captain and later a Congressman from SC
Robert Smalls
First battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Helped convince Lincoln to allow Black soldiers to enlist in the Union army
Frederick Douglass
Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
Lincoln plan that would allow southern states back into Union when 10% of voters pledged an oath of allegiance to the Union
Ten Percent Plan
This holiday commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States
Juneteenth
First major battle of the Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Civil War Nurse and founder of the Red Cross
Clara Barton
Event that brought Reconstruction to an end and brought about the election of Rutherford B Hayes
Compromise of 1877
What happened on April 14, 1865, only five days after the Confederates surrendered?
Most common cause of death during the Civil War
Disease
Speech given by Lincoln a few months after the largest battle of the war at its location
Gettysburg Address
Abolitionist and Union spy who lived in Richmond during the war
Elizabeth van Lew
Group that believed in guaranteeing voting and civil rights to African Americans after the war. Controls Congress through most of Reconstruction
Radical Republicans
Civil War military campaign that goes through Georgia, following a scorched earth policy (burn/destroy everything in its path)
Sherman's March to the Sea
Identify three of the northern advantages at the beginning of the war.
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Battle of Vicksburg