The Civil War
During the Civil War, the North was referred to as this, while the south was referred to as this.
What are the Union and the Confederacy?
Reconstruction was a time period that focused on this.
What is 'rebuilding the U.S. after the Civil War'?
This is what the Emancipation Proclamation did
What is 'freed slaves in rebelling states'?
The election of this person led to the start of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln was elected in this year.
What is 1860?
This is the term for the time period leading up to the Civil War.
What is Antebellum?
These 3 amendments were passed during the Reconstruction period.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This supreme court case established the doctrine of "Separate But Equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This person was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
These are the dates for the beginning and end of the Civil War.
What is 1861-1865?
This state's secession from the Union led to 11 total states forming a 'new nation'.
What is South Carolina?
This organization provided clothing, hospitals, and food to former slaves and poor whites.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This is how the south was split up by the Reconstruction Act.
What are 5 military districts?
This was a terrorist group that aimed to nullify the 13th/14th Amendments
Who are the Ku Klux Klan?
This is the separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
These were the three main causes that led to the Civil War.
What is:
1. Slavery
2. Economic Practices (Economy)
3. Election of Abe Lincoln
These two things were implemented after Reconstruction to further attempt to keep black Americans from voting.
What are poll taxes AND literacy tests?
This is what the Reconstruction Act of 1867 required Southern states to do before being allowed back in the Union.
What is ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments, and make new state Constitutions?
This woman was a journalist who spread the word about injustices in the south such as lynchings, the KKK, and the need for women's right to vote.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This amendment gave citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil, regardless of race.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This was the first African American army regiment in battle.
What are the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
This signaled the end of Reconstruction.
What is 'the removal of military districts in the South'?
These were laws that enforced segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This person signed off on a 'backroom deal' that led to him becoming President and the end of Reconstruction.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
These are the dates of Reconstruction
What is 1865-1877?