War Beginnings
This battle marked the start of the Civil War in 1861.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
He was the President of the United States during the Civil War.
Lincoln
This was the turning point battle of the Civil War in the East.
Gettysburg
This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
13th
This period aimed to rebuild the South after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
This Southern state was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
He served as the President of the Confederate States.
Jefferson Davis
This early battle showed that the war would not be short or easy.
1st Battle of Bull Run
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
14th
These Southern laws tried to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans.
Black Codes
This event caused Southern states to secede from the Union.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
He was the top Union general who accepted Lee’s surrender.
US Grant
This 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day in U.S. history.
Antietam
This amendment guaranteed the right to vote could not be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th
This compromise ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.
Compromise of 1877
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OU Sooners
This Confederate general surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Robert E Lee
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg
Issued by Lincoln in 1863, it declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
Emancipation Proclamation
After Lincoln’s death, this man became president and led early Reconstruction.
Andrew Johnson
Another name for the South during the war.
What is Confederacy
He led the Union’s famous “March to the Sea.”
William Tecumseh Sherman
This was the final major battle before Lee’s surrender.
Battle of Appomattox Court House
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NY Yankees
This organization was created to help newly freed African Americans adjust to freedom.
Freedmen's Bureau