Battles
Reconstruction Vocabulary
Civil War
Misc.
Civil War/Reconstruction
100

First major battle of the Civil War where Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson earned nickname. It was a southern victory

What is First battle of Bull Run?

100

Laws created by Southern legislatures during Reconstruction that took away the civil rights of freedmen.  These Laws were meant to slow down the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

What are Jim Crow Laws or Black Codes?

100

This document that Lincoln wrote changed the Civil War from States Rights to Human Rights. Freed slaved in the Southern states and many fought for the Union.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

100

Union general Lincoln saw as too cautious/hesitant so he replaced him

Who is George B. McClellan?

100

Constitutional amendment that granted freedom to all Americans who suffered involuntary servitude (ended slavery).

What is the 13th Amendment?

200

New kind of warships heavily armed with iron- Monitor vs Merrimack.

What are Ironclads?

200

Terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South.

What is the Ku Klux Klan?

200

The General who is famous for his "March to the Sea" which was a total act of war.

Who is William T. Sherman?

200

Lincoln said in regards to the South and Reconstruction.

What is "With Malice towards none and charity for all."

200

Amendment that gave voting rights to all men regardless of color

What is the 15th Amendment?

300

Union nurse volunteer help started the basis of today's American Red Cross

Who is Clara Barton?

300
A person who farmed someone else's land and didn't bring anything with them but their physical labor.
What is a sharecropper?
300

General Grant led Union army into Tennessee with William Tecumseh Sherman, Union army gained more control of Mississippi River valley, bloodiest fighting happened and North won


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What is the Battle of Shiloh?

300

Large population for soldiers and workers, Network of roads (22,000 miles), canals, and railroads, More Manufacturing, Had money, better banking system, one form of money

What is advantages of the North?

300

Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stephen

Who are Radical Republicans? 

400

Lincoln suspended during war to silence people against war.

What is habeas corpus?

400

Two parts.

Richmond, VA

Washington, DC

What is the Capital of Confederate States and United States?

400

Four score and seven years ago

"That this nation under God shall have a new birth of Freedom"

-Given by Lincoln and it lasted 2 minutes

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What is the Gettysburg Address?

400

Largest battle of the Civil War and the turning point.

What is Gettysburg?

400

Lincoln said: "I cannot spare this man, he fights."

Who is Ulysses S Grant?

500

Two parts:

White southern Republicans

Northern born office holding Republicans who moved South after the war

Who is 

Scalawags and Carpetbaggers? 

500

Divided the South into five districts   

What is the 1st Reconstruction Act?

500

Result of the Civil War

What is Strengthened the Federal Government?

500

The time of rebuilding after the Civil War

What is Reconstruction?

500

Main goal at the beginning of the War

What is reunite the Union?