Abraham Lincoln
Which political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
Republican
President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Opening battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Who had to take on new roles during the war in nursing, labor, and head of the households?
Women
What did each Amendment do?
13th
14th
15th
13th - Abolished slavery
14th - Granted due process and citizenship to freed slaves
15th - Voting rights to freed slaves
What did Lincoln issue that set free all slaves in rebelling states, make abolishing slavery a war aim, and tell England to stay out of the war?
Emancipation Proclamation
General of the Confederate Army and future president of Washington and Lee University
Robert E. Lee
Bloodiest battles, after which Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
1. Which region was burned, poor, and backward after the Civil War?
2. Which region was intact and thriving as a strong industrial power?
1. South
2. North (and Midwest)
The __________ __________ Era brought discrimination, segregation, and a denial of full rights to African Americans in the South AFTER Reconstruction.
Jim Crow
Who was one of Lincoln's advisors that encouraged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight for the Union?
Frederick Douglass
Commander of the Union Army and future president of the US
Ulysses S. Grant
The turning point battle in which the Union began to win
Gettysburg
What record do we have of the soldiers' lives during war?
Letters and diaries
Who said that he wanted to bring the South back into the Union with "malice toward none and charity for all"?
Abraham Lincoln
TRUE or FALSE:
Lincoln believed it was legal for the Southern states to secede.
FALSE:
He believed it was ILLEGAL for states to secede.
President of The Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
The surrender of Confederate General Lee to Union Commander Grant
April 9, 1865
Appamattox
After the war, the ___________ __________ intensified the movement of settlers between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean.
Transcontinental Railroad
After Lincoln's assassination, which political group took control and punished the South?
Radical Republicans
Who was Lincoln's vice president, who became president for most of Reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Elected in 1877, officially ending Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes
Which battle sight was turned into a national cemetery, dedicated with a famous speech from Abraham Lincoln in which he referenced the Declaration of Independence?
Gettysburg
What advantage did the South have over the Union?
Strong military traditions
What officially ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877 - Election of Rutherford B. Hayes