US I Benchmark Quarter 4 Study Guide

Key figures

100

This was the most famous Southern general who was highly talented

Robert E. Lee

200

This was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln 

John Wilkes Booth

300

This was the vice president for Lincoln and the president after Lincoln was assassinated. Also he was almost impeached. 

Andrew Johnson

400

This was the President of the Confederate States (South)

Jefferson Davis

500

This was a Radical Republican who was beaten with a cane over his beliefs

Charles Sumner

Key Figures Cont.

100

This was a Union general who was fired after Antietam. He also tried to run for president against Lincoln in 1864.

George McCellan

200

This nurse was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" and she also established the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

300

This was the the Union General who was the Commander of the "March to the Sea."

William T. Sherman

400

This was a famous Confederate general who was taken out by friendly fire at Chancellorsville

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

500

This was the president after the Compromise of 1877

Rutherford B. Hayes

Battles of the Civil War

100

This was the first major battle of the Civil War that led to the Emancipation Proclamation

Antietam

200

This was the final battle that led to the South surrendering 

Appomattox Court House

300

This was the major Union victory that led to the turning point of the war

Gettysburg 

400

This battle was a major victory for the Confederates 

Chancellorsville

500

This state was a major target of Sherman's "March to the Sea" tactic.

Georgia

Terms to Know

100

This was the name for politicians with "extreme" views against slavery

Radical Republicans

200

This was the name of Sherman's total war campaign

"March to the Sea"

300

This was the military plan where the Union tried to surround the South and cut it off from trade routes

Anaconda Plan

400

This was the military plan where the winning side would expend less resources and personnel

Attrition

500

This was the term for Northerners who moved to the South after the war in hopes of financial gain

Carpetbaggers

Terms to Know Cont.

100

This was the terrible hate group that attacked African-Americans

Ku Klux Klan

200

This is the policy that was established during Plessy v. Ferguson

Separate but equal

300

This is the name for the amendments passed after the Civil War AND what they did

Reconstruction Amendments

13th- Abolished (ended) slavery

14th- Granted citizenship to African-Americans, gave equality under the law and due process

15th- Granted the right to vote to African-American men

400

This was the name of the African-American unit from Massachusetts

54th Regiment

500

This organization helped African-Americans education, daycare, healthcare and job training after the Civil War

Freedmen's Bureau