Asked to lead the Union forces, instead he quit the U.S. army to later become the leader of the Confederate Forces
Robert E. Lee
100
The blockade the Union navy would use to block supplies from getting to the Confederate states
What is the Anaconda Plan
100
process of readmitting the former Confederate states to the union
What is Reconstruction
100
secret society opposed civil rights, especially suffrage, for African Americans
What is the Ku Klux Klan
100
What were the advantages and disadvantages for the North and South at the beginning of the war?
What is North: manufacturing, larger population, etc. South: Better generals, knowledge of the land
200
Union General and commander of all western campaigns. Would eventually become president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
200
The order to free the Confederate slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
A special tax to be payed before being able to vote, aimed at preventing African Americans from voting
What is a poll tax
200
Supreme court case which ruled that segregation was allowed if facilities were “separate but equal”
What is Plessy v Ferguson
200
The term used when fighting doesn't just involve battlefield and soldiers, but the destroying of economic resources and civilian life
What is total war
300
Where Lee officially surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox Courthouse
300
key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates
What is the Gettysburg Address
300
put into the constitution, made slavery illegal in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment
300
laws that limited the freedom of African Americans
What is Black Codes
300
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg Significant in the Civil War
What is it was the turning point of the war
400
Union army unit consisting of mostly free African Americans
What is the 54th Infantry
400
bloodiest day of the Civil War and U.S. history. The north stopped Lee’s advance.
What is Battle of Antietam
400
Gave African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment
400
All citizens equal protection of laws; states can’t deny anyone of life, liberty, or property; state laws subject to federal court laws; gave congress power to pass any laws necessary to enforce it
What is the 14th Amendment
400
Despite the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment, how did the southern states still discriminate against African Americans? Name at least two
What is poll tax, black codes, jim crow laws, segregation, etc.
500
idea that Great Britain would support Confederates because they wanted their cotton for new textiles
What is Cotton Diplomacy
500
First major battle of Civil War. Confederates win, ruined North’s idea that they could win the war quickly
What is The First Battle of Bull Run
500
laws that enforced segregation
What is laws that enforced segregation of whites and blacks
500
provided African Americans with the same legal rights as white Americans
What is Civil Rights Act of 1866
500
What internal challenges did the Union face during the war? How did Lincoln address them?
What is Draft riots, copperheads. Suspended Habeus Corpes