Causes
The first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
The battle that is also known as the 'turning point.'
Battle of Gettysburg
This man's role was to be the President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
The amendment that gave voting rights to African Americans.
15th Amendment
Describe 'sectionalism.'
The reason that the North is primarily industry and the South is primarily agriculture.
Geography and climate
Describe the importance of the Battle of Fort Sumter.
First battle of the Civil War
Describe the role of Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War.
Union general who defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Vicksburg.
The process that occurred due to plantation owners needing laborers and freedmen needing to make money.
Sharecropping
The name of the final event of the Civil War. I will accept 2 possible answers.
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860.
South Carolina seceded from the Union
This battle is known for being the 'bloodiest single-day battle' in American history.
Battle of Antietam
The name of the man that became President after Lincoln was assassinated.
Andrew Johnson
The three-word phrase used to remember the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Free Citizens Vote
List three ways the South attempted to limit the rights of freedmen.
Voting restrictions, poll tax, Black Codes, literacy tests, grandfather clause
The reason why Southern states promoted 'state's rights.'
To protect, enforce, and maintain slavery
What did the Union gain as a result of the Battle of Vicksburg.
Control of the Mississippi River
Describe Abraham Lincoln's view of slavery at the start of the war. Hint - First Inaugural Address
He does not want to eliminate it where it currently exists, but does not want it to expand.
Describe the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau.
To provide freedmen with public education, clothing, somewhere to live, and somewhere to work
The purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.
To shift the union goal of the war towards ending slavery, Lincoln said he would free the enslaved individuals in the South.
The purpose of the Underground Railroad.
To help enslaved individuals in the South escape to freedom in the North
List 3 advantages of the Union during the Civil War.
Access to industry, railroads, stable government, stable economy, larger population, motivated by Abolition Movement
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revel?
First African-American to serve in the United States Congress
The reconstruction plan that implemented a Civil Rights Act and dividing the South into military districts.
Radical Republicans/Reconstruction
Describe the outcome of the Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sanford.
Dred Scott, a slave, tried to sue for his freedom after being moved to a free state. The Supreme Court declared this unconstitutional and upheld slavery in United States territories while denying the legality of African American citizenship in America.