Vocabulary
A person who served in the military.
Veteran
The Southerners were upset that this person became President.
Abraham Lincoln
Who was not allowed to serve in the military?
women
A year after the Civil War started congress changes the Laws and let who serve in the military?
African Americans
Who was defeated at Mine Creek?
confederates/the South
a minor and often unplanned battle
skirmish
What did the southern states do?
Seceded/Left the union/formed their own country
Guerilla warfare happened between what two states?
Kansas and Missouri
The African Americans were paid less than who?
White Soldiers
This was one of the last significant battles of which war?
civil
soldiers marching or fighting on foot
infantry
Who was one of Kansas' first senator?
James Lane
What town was attacked in the Quantrill's Raid?
Lawrence
What was the name of the group of first African American Soldiers. The First Kansas Colored Volunteer ________________ Regiment. (It is a vocab word.)
Infantry
Who started moving to Kansas once the war was over?
soldiers
a narration of past experiences
reminiscence
Who did James Lane's Frontier Guards protect?
The President/Abraham Lincoln
Some men disguised themselves during the attack in what?
Their wives clothing
What battle did they gain fame in? Battle of _______ Springs.
Honey
What act allowed them to buy land after living here for one year.
The Homestead Act
to break asway, especially when part of a nation seperaties to form its own country
secede
What state was positions between two slave states, Virginia and Maryland, and needed protection?
Washington DC
What group attacked Lawrence
The Confederates/The South
In 1864, African Americans recieved what equal to the white soldiers.
pay
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) help provied home and funds for who?