Before Civil War
Battles
Important Events
Vocabulary
Reconstruction
100
He won the presidential election of 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War and proved the war would not be easy.
What is Battle of Bull Run/Manasses
100
This was a Union Naval blockade used to weaken the South by cutting off their supply trade.
What is the Anaconda Plan.
100
This means to withdraw from a nation.
What is secede
100
This was the rebuilding of the South after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction
200
This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter.
200
This was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.
What is Battle of Antietam.
200
This was the purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea.
What is to destroy everything in his path to weaken the South.
200
These are slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
What is Border States.
200
These are laws created by white southerners to restrict the rights of newly freed slaves.
What are black codes.
300
This Compromise said Maine was a free state, Missouri was a slave state, and slavery was not allowed above the border of Missouri.
What is Missouri Compromise
300
This victory gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
What is Battle of Vicksburg.
300
This happened to President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, and who was the attacker.
What is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
300
He was President of the CSA.
What is Jefferson Davis.
300
These are northerners who came South during reconstruction.
What are carpetbaggers.
400
He was a violent man against slavery that was executed for attempting a salve rebellion in Harper's Ferry VA.
What is John Brown.
400
This is where the Civil War ended.
What is Appamatox Courthouse.
400
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the CSA, and had what two other effects.
What is gave heart to Union soldiers, allowed blacks to join the Union Army
400
Developed during the Civil War, these are warships covered in iron for protection.
What is Ironclads.
400
Radical Republicans believed what about the South after the Civil War.
What is they should be punished.
500
This was the cause of "Bleeding Kansas"
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
This was the only battle fought in the North and permanently weakened the South.
What is Gettysburg.
500
These are three advantages the North had over the South during the Civil War.
What is greater population, better industry, more food
500
After the Civil War, slaves were allowed to rent a house on their former plantation while working, but often ended up owing money, this was called.
What is sharecropping.
500
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment.
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