Vocabulary
Important People
Reasons for War
Battles
Other facts
100
white southernerner who supported reconstruction after the Civil War
What is a Scalawag?
100
the president of the union
Abraham Lincoln
100
these hurt the south and only helped the north
Tarrifs
100
this battle began the war
Battle of Ft. Sumter
100
Bloodiest war in American history
Civil war
200
former slave
What is a freedman?
200
the president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
200
the election of this president made the south angry
Lincoln's election
200
one of the first battles, took place near Manassas Junction
Battle of Bull Run
200
First state to seceede from the union
South Carolina
300
Laws passed after the civil war to limit African American rights.
What is the Black Codes?
300
the leader of the confederate army
Robert E. Lee
300
the north was against this and abolitionists tried to put an end to it.
Slavery
300
took place near Richmond leaders were Lee and McClellan
7 Days Battle
300
All of the states to seceede from the union
South Carolina, Mississipi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennesee
400
to approve formally (as a law)
What is to ratify?
400
the leader of the Union army.
Ulysses S. Grant
400
the southern states wanted to make their own rules and laws and not have to follow the all of the federal ones.
State's Rights
400
took place near Antietam Creek, the union won
Battle of Antietam
400
estimate of the number of battles in the war
The war consisted of a little more than 50 major battles and around 5000 minor battles
500
White males had to swear that they had never voluntarily supported the confederacy in order to vote
What is an Iron Clad Oath?
500
the person who killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
500
these states leaving the United States and forming their own country began the war
Secession
500
Took place in Pennsylvania, battle with the most casualties, and it led to a speech by Abraham Lincoln.
Battle of Gettysburg
500
How long the war lasted
From 1861 to 1865
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