Vocabulary
What was the 13th Amendment?
It was a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United States.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He was the president of the Union during the Civil War. He was key for the Union winning the Civil War because he used effective strategies and plans like the Anaconda Plan.
What plan did the Union use to win in the Civil War?
The Anaconda Plan.
Who won the Battle of Vicksburg?
The Union.
What divided the 10 former Confederate states into 5 military districts?
The Military Reconstruction Act of 1867.
What was the 14th Amendment?
It was a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, granting citizenship to anyone born in the United States and guaranteeing all individuals equal protection of the law.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
He was the primary military leader for the Confederate States.
What was Step 1 of the Anaconda Plan?
Surround the South and cut off its trade routes.
Which battle had the most casualties in the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg.
Led by Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner, this section of the Republican Party wanted to fundamentally transform Southern society and ensure full civil rights for formerly enslaved people.
The Radical Republicans.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
It was an agency established by Congress at the end of the Civil War to help and protect newly freed black Americans.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
He was a general who worked for Abraham Lincoln and also helped a lot for the Union to win the Civil War. Later on, he also became the president of the United States of America.
What was the Confederacy's strategy?
To just keep defending back against the Union until they eventually get exhausted and give up.
Which day was the deadliest day in the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam.
What were the Enforcement Acts?
Authorized federal action to protect black voting rights and suppress violence from the KKK.
What was the 15th Amendment?
A change to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, declaring that states cannot deny anyone the right to vote because of race or color or because the person was once enslaved.
Who was Thomas Jackson?
He was a Southern general who was key to help hold the Southern line on Henry House Hill.
Step 1: Surround the South and cut off its trade routes.
Step 2: Divide the Confederacy into two by gaining control of the Mississippi River.
Step 3: Capture the capital of the Confederacy: Richmond, VA.
What's another name for the Battle of Bull Run?
Battle of Manassas.
This political agreement settled the disputed 1876 presidential election by awarding the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for the removal of all remaining federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877.
This was the often-negative nickname given to Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to take advantage of political or economic opportunities.
Carpetbaggers.
Who was Elizabeth Van Lew?
She was a spy for the North who operated in Richmond, VA sending key information to General Grant to help win the Civil War.
Which battle did the Union win to accomplish Step 2 of the Anaconda Plan?
Battle of Vicksburg.
Who commanded the Union during the Battle of Antietam?
General George B. McClellan.
What was Thomas Jackson's nickname given to him by Bernard E. Bee Jr.?
"Stonewall" Jackson.