Sherman’s March
General Sherman fought for this side of the war.
The Union
He won the presidential election of 1864.
Abraham Lincoln
This law requires men between the ages of 18 and 35 to enlist in the military and serve for three years.
Conscription Law
Commonly referred to as the draft
Sherman’s March had destroyed this much in goods and property.
$1 billion
This is how many slaves were freed after the Civil War.
Four million
Sherman presented this to President Lincoln as an early Christmas gift.
25,000 bales of cotton
This abolished slavery across the country.
13th Amendment
In regards to Black soldiers, President Lincoln worked to persuade Congress to approve this.
Equal pay for Black soldiers
This was the single biggest killer of the war.
Illness or disease
This agency fed the poor, established schools, provided medical care, and helped freed people find lost family members.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
The Union soldiers saw this state as at fault for the war.
South Carolina, because they were first to secede.
A day to remember the hardships and sacrifices of slavery and celebrate achievements of African Americans.
Juneteenth
This law allowed planter who help 20 or more enslaved people to avoid military service.
Twenty-Slave Law
A person who does not serve in the military.
Civilian
Sherman’s Special Order No. 15 was nicknamed this.
Forty Acres and a Mule
Sherman engaged in this military tactic that seeks to completely destroy an enemy’s supplies and morale.
Total War Campaign
John Wilkes Booth
This infusion of men gave the United States the resources to win the war.
African Americans enlisting in the US Army and Navy
Most doctors did not yet know they needed to do this.
Sterilize their equipment or wash their hands
The labor arrangement that allowed freed people and poor white to rent a house and plot of land and then used the crops sold as income to pay their bills.
Tenant Farming
This was the purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sea.
To frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause.
The number of days after the Civil War ended until Lincoln was killed.
Five
April 9, 1865 to April 14, 1865
This group of people caused riots in New York City over newly freed African Americans.
Irish American Immigrants
Prior to the Civil War, planters had made a good living on these three crops.
Cotton, Tabacco and Rice
The labor arrangement where workers did not own their own animals or equipment and the landowners took the majority of the crop to sell.
Sharecropping