Major Battles
This 1861 battle began the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
This 1863 proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This president was assassinated in 1865.
Who was Lincoln?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What was the 13th Amendment?
This document shifted the war toward ending slavery.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1863 battle was a turning point in the East.
What was Gettysburg?
Lincoln suspended this constitutional protection during the war.
What was habeas corpus?
This president succeeded Lincoln.
Who was Johnson?
This amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
What was the 14th Amendment?
This event ended the Civil War in 1865.
What was Appomattox?
This 1863 victory gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What was Vicksburg?
This amendment abolished slavery nationwide.
What was 13th Amendment?
This group pushed for strict Reconstruction policies.
Who were Radical Republicans?
This clause guarantees equal treatment under the law.
What was Equal Protection?
This federal agency helped freedpeople after the war.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This general led the Union’s March to the Sea.
Who was Sherman?
This speech redefined the war as a struggle for equality.
What was Gettysburg Address?
This Secretary of War was removed by Johnson.
Who was Stanton?
These Southern laws restricted freedpeople’s rights.
What were Black Codes?
These troops enforced Reconstruction policies in the South.
What were Union troops?
This Union general accepted Lee’s surrender.
Who was Grant?
This strategy targeted Southern infrastructure and resources.
What was total war?
This act limited Johnson’s power to remove officials
What was the Tenure Act?
This amendment addressed citizenship and due process.
What was the 14th Amendment?
This law protected freedpeople’s civil rights in 1866.
What was the Civil Rights Act?