Amendments
What 3 amendments were added to the Constitution after the Civil War?
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
During the _______________ Era the Southern states were readmitted into the Union.
Reconstruction Era
What does the term segregation mean?
separation or keeping apart
What was the first battle that started the Civil War?
Ft. Sumter
Who were the generals for the Union and the Confederates States of American?
Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee/ Thomas Stonewall Jackson
What is the 13th Amendment?
Abolished slavery in the United States
How did Lincoln want to treat the Southern States?
He wanted the states to readmitt into the union.
What is the term/name for people from the South that embraced the North and its plan for Reconstruction.
Scalawags
The turning point battle that took place in the North is called?
Gettysburg
Who became the President right after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
Vice President Andrew Johnson
What is the 14th Amendment?
It gave all people born in the United States citizenship including former slaves
What was Lincoln's Plan for the South after the Civil War?
He wanted to reconstruct the destroyed south to allow the Southern states to rejoin the Union
What is the term/name for people from the North that came into the South to take advantage of Southerners during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
The Battle of ________________ was a turning point battle because the Union captured the Mississippi River dividing the Confederacy into two
Vicksburg
What was the name of the Person that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What is the 15th Amendment?
It gave all men including freed slaves the RIGHT TO VOTE
How did the Radical Republicans in congress want to treat the South?
They wanted to PUNISH the south.
The ___________ laws were passed to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans.
Jim Crow Laws
Who was the president of the Union? Who was the president of the Confederate States?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Who was the first elected African American Senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Which amendment gave African Americans suffrage?
15th Amendment
How many ideas were there for the Reconstruction process?
2 ideas.
The ___________ Act gave land to settlers if they built a house, created farms, and took care of the land.
Homestead Act
What was the name of the general that surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House?
Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Who is our acting president of the United States of America?
Joe Biden