War Begins
This word means to set free.
What is emancipate?
This Confederate general was accidentally shot by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville and died as a result of his injury.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
President Lincoln was ____________ in a sudden attack by actor James Wilkes Booth.
What is assassinated?
This group, created by Congress in 1865, helped former slaves in the years following the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This Confederate general refused to retreat during the Battle of Manassas.
Who was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
The Union planned to set up a blockade here to cut off access to the southern ports.
What is the Mississippi River?
The Battle of Gettysburg, which lasted for three days from July 1-3, 1863, was a victory for this army.
What is the Union Army?
This word means to accuse a government official of a crime. Think: Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction.
What is impeach?
This man worked to provide African Americans with more opportunities for education.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
This man was the Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse to end the Civil War.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Under the command of Ulysses S. Grant, Union forces clashed with Confederate troops at Pittsburg Landing in the the battle of _____________.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War is known as this.
What is Reconstruction?
This a system of working the land in which the worker was paid a "share" of the crop.
What is sharecropping?
This woman was a nurse who earned the nickname "Angel of the Battlefield."
Who was Clara Barton?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
The Confederates last major port on the Gulf of Mexico was captured in this battle.
What is the Battle of Mobile Bay?
Under Congress's plan for Reconstruction, Southern states would be put under this type of rule.
What is military rule?
What is segregation?
This woman was a Confederate spy during the Civil War.
Who was Belle Boyd?
This document, signed by President Lincoln, freed the slaves in the states fighting against the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Union Army's path of fiery destruction from Atlanta, Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean became known as this.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
Under these laws, African Americans were not allowed to vote or travel freely.
What are black codes?
This is an unfair feeling of dislike for members of a certain group because of their background, race, or religion.
What is prejudice?
This Union general would later become President of the United States of America.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?