Who Was
Which woman gained fame as a Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Who won the Civil War?
The North.
Constitutional Amendment
Making a change to our constitution to make a new law.
Reconstruction
in the United States, the period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who was Harriett Beecher Stowe?
the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Which Union strategy kept the Confederates from selling cotton and buying supplies?
naval blockade
The Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy.
Define abolitionist
a person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800s
What was Lincoln known for keep in his hat?
His speeches.
Who was the president of the Confederacy? (Not the general)
Jefferson Davis
Which battle started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
The Missouri Compromise...
created a line with free states north of it and slave states to the south.
Define secede
to formally withdraw membership
What was Lincoln’s problem with General McClellan?
McClellan was too reluctant and slow to attack the enemy.
Who was the Union general whose main strategy was to fight and wear down the enemy?
Ulysses S. Grant.
General Sherman was famous for this because it changed people's minds about the war
total war during his march to the sea.
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that
slaves were property, and Congress could not take away a person’s right to his property by crossing state lines.
Define Impeach
to accuse a government official of doing something wrong or improper.
Lincoln signed a document on New Years Eve proclaiming what for enslaved people in the Confederate States?
Emancipation
Who was Frederick Douglass?
an escaped slave who became an abolitionist
Grant’s victory at Vicksburg gave the union an advantage because it
gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Which of the following statements is true about Congressional Reconstruction?
It ratified amendments to the Constitution to secure the right to vote and a fair trial for black Southerners.
What are the rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and its amendments?
civil rights
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln
honored the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg.