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Abraham Lincoln
What were the two sides fighting during the civil War?
Confederacy and the union
Lincoln's plan that called for 10% of southern voters to pledge an oath of loyalty to the union.
Lincoln's 10% Plan
What was the Revolutionary War?
War between US and Great Britain to gain our independence
the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United States.
Reconstruction Era
What are the three Reconstruction Plans in order?
Wartime Reconstruction, Presidential Reconstruction, Radical/Congressional Reconstruction
Who was the General for the Union during the civil war?
Ulysses S. Grant
Declared that all enslaved people in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the union were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
required that 50 percent of a state's white males take a loyalty oath to be readmitted to the Union.
In addition, states were required to give blacks the right to vote.
Wade Davis Bill
Wade Davis Bill
Wartime Reconstruction with Abraham Lincoln
To combat Johnson's vetoes, Congress passed the ___________________ which ensured many things such as military control of the south and protection of the right to vote for former slaves
Reconstruction Acts
What was Abraham Lincoln's nickname
Honest Abe
laws that severely restricted African Americans lives and freedom.
Black Codes
What two policies did Andrew Johnson veto?
Civil Rights Act and Freedman's Bureau Act
Who was the civil war nurse who founded the Red Cross?
Clara Barton
To combat the hostility of the Ku Klux Klan, congress passed the __________
Enforcement Acts
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
guaranteed U.S. citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and granted them civil rights.
Fourteenth Ammendment
!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What were the three amendments passed during Congressional Reconstruction?
What did each of them do?
13th Amendment freed the slaves
14th Amendment made the former slaves citizens
15th Amendment gave former slaves the right to vote
What were three inventions that helped shape the civil war?
Minie Ball was more accurate and quicker to fire
Railroads made it easier to transport supplies and troops
Telegram made communication easier
Embalming methods
To combat black codes, congress passed
The Reconstruction Acts
What are the names of Mr. V's two cats?
Nugget and Elsie