Events Leading to Civil War
Anti-Slavery Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The battle that was the turning point in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Supplied help and legal aid to former slaves in post Civil War Texas
Freedman's Bureau
This made poor farmers and former slaves in a cycle of poverty and was another form of slavery
what is sharecropping
Led a slave rebellion that resulted in stricter laws for the south.
Nat Turner
What was the single bloodiest day of the War
Antietam
The constitution amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
a secret organization of white men formed after the Civil War that used violence and terror against African Americans
what is kkk
Court Case that ruled:
African Americans are property NOT people
Slavery is legal everywhere
African Americans have zero rights under the U.S Constitution
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
What was the main cause of the war
Slavery
State's Rights
The constitution amendment that made African Americans citizens
14th
The holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., in 1865.
Juneteeth
Elected President of the U.S in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in 1863
Siege of Vicksburg
Name of the laws passed in the southern states to prevent African Americans from receiving their civil rights
Black Codes- Jim Crow Laws
This system forced prisoners to work on plantations
What is convict lease
This person attempted to start a slave rebellion, was hung for treason, most importantly divided the North and the South to the brink of war.
John Brown
Name the 2 Generals of the Civil War, Union and Confederate.
Robert E. Lee - Confederate General
Ulysses S. Grant - Union General
The constitution amendment that banned slavery
The 13th amendment
What were the two names of reconstruction plans
what is Presidential and congressional