Before the Civil War
Leaders
Battles
Important Events
Reconstruction
100
separate from country
What does secede mean?
100
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the president during the Civil War?
100
Ft. Sumter
Which battle started the Civil War?
100
Emancipation Proclamation
Which document did Abraham Lincoln sign to end slavery during the Civil War?
100
Freedmen's Bureau
Which organization helped poor former slaves and white people get food, clothing, and jobs?
200
John Brown
Which abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry to start a slave rebellion?
200
Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
200
Gettysburg
Which battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
200
Gettysburg Address
What speech did Abraham Lincoln give in Gettysburg to encourage the nation to come back together as one again?
200
separation by races
What does segregation mean?
300
States' rights and slavery
What were the 2 issues that were the main causes of the Civil War?
300
Robert E. Lee
Who was the general that led MANY successful Confederate battles?
300
Battle of Bull Run
Which battle showed the Union that the Confederacy was very strong?
300
13th amendment
Which amendment abolished slavery?
300
Segregated them, by law, in public places
What did the Jim Crow Laws do to the African Americans in the South?
400
Harriet Beech Stowe?
Who wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which opened the eyes of the Northerners, about slavery?
400
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the Union General that General Lee surrendered to at the end of the war?
400
Sherman's March to Sea
Which event was the reason for destruction from Atlanta to Savannah?
400
15th amendment
Which amendment gave African Americans the right to vote?
400
Drinking fountains, restaurants, bathrooms, bus
Name an example of how the Jim Crow Laws affected African Americans.
500
It helped their economy and increased crop production
How was slavery beneficial to the South?
500
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Who was the Confederate general that led the Confederacy to victory at the Battle of Bull Run? Hint: He had a nickname
500
Appomattox Courthouse
Where was the end of the Civil War?
500
14th amendment
Which amendment gave African Americans the right to a fair trial (due process)?
500
Where former masters promise former slaves part of crops they help produce
What is sharecropping?
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