You Oughta Know!
With the invention of the camera, people at home finally realized that war was __________________
Destructive, Terrible, Bad, Awful, Violent, etc
June 19th, 1865
Forgive the South and help them rejoin the country
The Southern states who believed they had the right to secede were called the...
Confederacy / Confederate States
What was the nickname for Southerners who supported Reconstruction?
Scalawags
What does the word "ratify" mean?
approve
The Anaconda Plan
What did Congress attempt to do to Andrew Johnson after he repeatedly vetoed their laws?
Impeach
What was a problem that the South faced after the Civil War?
Destruction, Loss of Slavery,
Immediately after the Civil War, the South passed laws designed to limit the freedom of freedmen called...
Black Codes
An addition or change to the US Constitution is called...
amendment
What was the name of the 3 day battle where the North defeated the Southern army in Pennsylvannia?
Gettysburg
What song did Abraham Lincoln have the band play to show respect and admiration for the South?
Dixie
Which amendment officially ended slavery?
13th
What did the South have to do to rejoin the United States?
Approve the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Who became the President after Abraham Lincoln's death?
Andrew Johnson
What Holiday was created to remember the brave soldiers who lost their lives at Gettysburg?
Memorial Day
What organization built schools and provided food for freedmen?
What secret organization in the South would punish/kill freedmen and anyone who helped them?
The KKK
After the Union army left the South, Southerners began passing laws to encourage white supremacy called...
Jim Crow Laws
What was the name of the woman who founded the Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
On the night of April 14th, Abe Lincoln was assassinated. Who killed him?
John Wilkes Booth
Place these events in order:
A. Northern Army leaves the South
B. 15th amendment is passed
C. Jim Crow Laws begin
D. Final Confederate State rejoins the Union
B - D - A - C
Write down the three "voting infringement" laws that the South used to limit freedmen's voting rights
Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather Clause