Battles
a turning point of the war.
gettysburg
amendment that defined blacks eligible for citizenship
13th
president of the Union
Abe Lincoln
Group of people who discriminated against the African Americans
KKK
held the raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
attack on this place marked the start of the Civil War.
fort sumter
amendment to ban slavery
13th
abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.
William Lloyd Garrison
Northerners who sympathized with the South during the Civil War
copperheads
a U.S. Union Army outline strategy for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
anaconda plan
This was the first real battle of the Civil War.
Bull run 1
laws with intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom
black codes
President of the Confederate states
Jefferson Davis
Staged a major counterrevolution to restore the south by taking back southern state governments.
Redeemers
Why did the north FINANCIALLY oppose slavery?
Threat to the northern labor
was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War and American history.
antietam
was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law.
civil right's act (1866)
soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician.
George McClellan
any person from the Northern United States who came to the Southern states after the Civil War
carpetbaggers
When did the 3rd party system rise? (Decade)
the 1850's
Pope also fails to take Richmond when McClellan and his reinforcements don't arrive at Manassas in time to help him defeat Lee. Lincoln re-hired McClellan.
Bull run 2.0
offering 160 acres of free land to any citizen or intended citizen who was head of the household
Homestead act
executed field order no. 15
William T. Sherman
were ex-Whigs seeking to reenter politics
scalawags
Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction
the 10% plan