People of the War
This person was the President of the US during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle marked the beginning of combat in the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter, SC?
Abraham Lincoln suspended this rite, by putting Southern supporters located in the north, in jail without a trial.
What is Habeas Corpus?
This person became President after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This happened when Andrew Johnson violated the Tenure of Office Act.
What was impeached?
This person was the commander of the United States military in the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle was the single bloodiest one-day battle of the war.
What is Antietam?
This declared that all slaves in states in Rebellion would be set free if Southern States did not rejoin the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This plan for Reconstruction stated Southern States had to renounce secession, ratify the 13th Amendment, and 10% of the state's population had to swear loyalty.
What is the Presidential Plan?
This hate group was established during Reconstruction to intimidate African-Americans from enjoying their new rights.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This person is the commander of the Confederate armies in the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
This was the name of the Union plan for victory. It involved blockading Southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This plan for Reconstruction called for Southern States to write new constitutions, allow African-American men to vote, Southern states had to ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and Confederate leaders could not return to power.
What is Congressional/ Radical Republican Reconstruction?
These were laws passed in the
Southern states designed to restrict freedoms of the former slaves.
What are black codes?
This Confederate leader who was very skilled in navigation got his nickname for bravery in the face of being shot at.
Who is "Stonewall" Jackson?
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the War. The South would never attack in the North again.
What was Gettysburg?
This speech by Abraham Lincoln stated that the men who died should not have died in vain. The Union must go on to end the war and end slavery and bring our country back to together.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This organization was created to provide basic needs and set up education to the freed slaves.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
These were Civil Rights Amendments that came out during Reconstruction. Free Citizens Vote!!!!
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This Union General used "total war" in his March to the Sea, destroying everything of value to the South.
Who is William T. Sherman?
This battle gave the Union control of the last major city/railroad hub in the South. The city was burnt to the ground.
What is the Battle of Atlanta?
This is the location where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the Civil War.
Where is Appomattox?
This was derogatory term describing Northern abolitionists that moved to the South during Reconstruction to help freedmen.
What are carpetbaggers?
The "election" of this person pulled the military out of the South and ended Reconstruction.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?