Prior to the War
What was the name given to the newly seceded southern states?
Confederacy
Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
North
What did the 13th amendment say?
Slavery was abolished
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
Provided freed people with resources surrounding education, housing, etc.
What was the reason the North would fight in the war? (Initially)
To preserve the Union (NOT for getting rid of slavery.. yet)
What is the name of the first battle/event of the war?
Fort Sumter
What was Lincoln's 10% plan?
What was the KKK?
Former confederate soldiers who terrorized black voters in the South
Name 2 advantages that the North had prior to the war
- people
- transportation
- food
- established government
What was the importance of Appomattox Court House?
What did the 15th amendment say?
All free men have the right to vote
What were the black codes?
Name 2 advantages that the South had prior to the Civil War
- experienced military commanders
- battles fought on their territory
- fighting for a united cause
Why was the Gettysburg Address important?
What did the 14th amendment say?
Anyone born in the US is guaranteed citizenship
How was sharecropping similar to the old plantation system?
- African Americans had to work for very little money
- The sharecropping system caused African Americans to go into debt, essentially barring them from making enough money to leave sharecropping.
What event prompted South Carolina to secede from the Union?
President Lincoln's election
Name 2 impacts of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Gave the Union a moral cause to fight for
- freed slaves in rebelling states
- forced foreign nations to NOT recognize south's independence
What did the Wade-Davis bill do/say? Did it pass?
50% of southern voters had to pledge their allegiance to the North in order to be readmitted. It passed in Congress but was vetoed by Lincoln
Which event essentially ended Reconstruction and why?
Hayes election/Compromise of 1877
Hayes agreed to remove troops from the South, etc in order to become president.