Civil War 1
Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
How did black codes affect freed people?
They kept freed people at the bottom of the social order in the South.
Most black voters joined Abraham Lincoln's political party, which was the
Republican Party
What was the color of the union uniforms ?
Blue
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the biggest Southern advantage?
strong leadership
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to people born or naturalized in the United States?
U.S. citizenship
What was the problem with the election of 1876?
Some electoral votes were disputed and there was no clear winner
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
Name one major advantage the Union had over the Confederacy?
Larger Population, Abundant natural resources, more manufacturing and more railroads.
Which was the first of the Southern States to secede?
South Carolina
Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
According to the Fourteenth Amendment, what must states guarantee to all individuals?
equal protection of the laws
In the Compromise of 1877, the Democrats allowed Hayes to become president in return for his
agreement to remove remaining federal troops in the South.
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
In what year did Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army surrender?
1865
What was the color of the Confederate's uniform
Gray
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
His Vice President, Andrew Johnson
Due process means
government must act reasonably and fairly in accordance with established laws
The purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau was to
help freedpeople after the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
What was the name given to Northern Democrats who favored making peace with the Confederacy?
Copperheads
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describing the cruelties of slavery.
What was the reason the Southern States seceded?
slavery
Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Why did Congress pass the Fourteenth Amendment?
to protect the rights of freed people after the Civil War
Juneteenth celebrates...
the arrival of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas
What was the Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond
Where did the Confederate Army Surrender?
Appomattox Court House
At What place was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater
What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
After the Civil War, enslaved people became free when slavery was abolished by the
13th amendment
African American men were granted the right to vote under the
15th amendment
Plessy v. Ferguson established the legal principle of...
separate but equal