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 (Civil War) Amendments
13th, 14th, 15th
This man only became President in 1876 because he agreed to remove the U.S Military from the Southern states.
Rutherford B. Hayes
This farming system developed during Presidential Reconstruction, creating generation poverty and debt for African Americans in the South
What is sharecropping
These were the names of the North and the South during the war
Union and Confederacy
This battle lasted 3 days and marked a significant turning point in the Civil War
What is Gettysburg?
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)
This is where Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, ending the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
After the end of Reconstruction, this era began in the Southern states
What is Jim Crow Era?
Known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War
The Battle of Antietam
These laws were passed in Southern states during Presidential Reconstruction to keep newly freed people on the plantations where they were enslaved.
What did the 13th Amendment State?
That slavery was abolished
This Executive Order from President Lincoln freed enslaved people in the rebelling states
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was Lincoln's Plan for bringing Southern states back into the Union.
What is the 10% Plan?
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 American MEN the right to vote?
The Freedman's Bureau was successful in this
Education for newly freed people
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
In this Supreme Court Case, segregation was ruled to be constitutional ("separate but equal")
What is Plessy v Furgeson?
The Republican Party, along with THIS PRESIDENT, sent the Union Army into the Southern states to force them to follow the 14th and 15th Amendments. (Military Reconstruction Act)
Ulysses S. Grant
These are three examples of Jim Crow Laws that were passed immediately after the Union Army left the Southern States.
What are
Grandfather Clauses
Literacy Tests
Poll Taxes