Civil War
This was the central cause of the American Civil War
Slavery
What battle marked the start of the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
These three Amendments are known as the Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th, 15th
The separation of black people and white people was called this
Segregation
This type of work can be described as legalized slavery.
What is sharecropping
These were the names of the North and the South during the war
Union and Confederacy
Name the border states
Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland
This group helped African Americans get on their feet once they were no longer enslaved
Freedmen's Bureau
This was a hate group that formed during Reconstruction that inflicted terror on African Americans
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, ending the Civil War
Where was the Appomattox Courthouse?
This was the most important agricultural product during the civil war
Known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam
Provide 2 examples of a Black Code
Obey curfew, couldn't rent or own land, arrested for no job, couldn't serve on juries, could only work as servants or farmers for white families, couldn't testify in court
What did the 13th Amendment State?
That slavery was abolished
Freed slaves in the rebelling states
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Name three advantages the North had during the war
The Union used this strategic plan to block trade, cutting off resources, and dividing the confederacy
The Anaconda Plan
The 15 Amendment did what?
What is giving African Americans the right to vote?
The Freedmens Bureau was successful in (2 things)
Establishing schools, and providing food and resources for newly freed blacks.
What did the 14th Amendment state?
That every man born in the U.S. was a citizen (except Native Americans)
Who was leader of the Confederate Army?
General Robert E. Lee
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
The court case led to the legalization of the Jim Crow Laws
What is Plessy v Furgeson?
established military rule in the former Confederate states, divided them into five military districts, and mandated new state constitutions that guaranteed voting rights for all men, regardless of race, and required ratification of the 14th Amendment
The Military Reconstruction Acts of 1867
Former slave and abolitionist who served as an aide to President Lincoln. This person encouraged Lincoln to shift the focus of the war to abolition
Who was Frederick Douglas?