Vocabulary
What are black codes?
What is laws passed in 1865 and 1866 in the former Confederate states to limit the rights and freedoms of African Americans?
who died in 1865
who is Abraham Lincoln
What was the north weak on
the north was weak on millatery leadership.
what was the result of the battle of gettysburg
The union won, and the there was more then 51,000 deaths and injuries
What was the most cause of death in the civil war
mostly disease and wound infections
Freedmen’s Bureau
to protect newly freed African Americans
Who is Abraham Lincoln
He was the president during the civil war
the Unions strategy to crush the Confederacy by blockading their ports and taking control of the Mississippi River
What is the Anaconda Plan
the south won ____________ battle
The battle of bull run!
Who won the whole civil war
what is the north
What is "so called"
commonly described as
what is the name of the people who hurt, killed, and threaten the African Americans
who is k.k.k or Ku Klux Klan
What are some of the Souths weaknesses in the civil war?
they lacked food, the transportation, and population
The _________ was the speech Lincoln said after the battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address (one of the most famous speeches in American History)
What are some of the Jim crow laws
segregation
Fifteenth 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 killed abrham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
what was the southerns plan for the civil war
strategy aimed at surviving until the North grew tired of fighting.
how many casualties did the battle of Gettysburg cause
over 51,000 (the union lost, 3,155 people and the Confederates lost, 3,903) But the union won this battle.
When did Reconstruction start and end
1865 to 1877
what is the 13th amendemt
a change to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery in the United State.
who is Ulysses S. Grant
He ended the civil war and he was the 18th president
why did Ulysses S. Grant use total war
he wanted to have a quick end to the civil war (he burned houses, railroads, everything the confedercy had)
what was the bloodiest 3 day battle
The battle of Gettysburg
Name 6 people who were important in the civil war (men and women)
Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, "Stonewall" Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln
BONUS: Elizabeth Van Lew (spy)