Famous people
Who was the 16th president of the United States during reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
1877
What amendment freed slaves across the US?
13th amendment
Battle of Vicksburg
What is a family farmed portion of a land owners land in return for housing and a share of the crop?
Share Cropping
Who was a Confederate general during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
What year did the Civil war end?
1864/1865
What amendment ensured the rights to all males?
15th amendment
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and the turning point of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
What was a union strategy, a three part assault, blockaded the coast, and cut the confederacy into two?
Anaconda plan
Who was a commanding officer and the 18th president during the Civil War era?
Ulysses S. Grant
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
What amendment gave all citizens equal protection and due process of law?
14th amendment
What was the 1st battle of Civil War?
1st Bull Run
What discriminatory laws passed throughout the post Civil War?
Black codes
Who was a Confederate general during the Civil war and earned his nick name _____wall?
Stonewall Jackson
What served to provide employment, clothing, medical attention, meals, and education for free blacks and southern whites?
Freedman's Bureau
What vetoed, its intent was to give citizenship rights to freed slaves?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
What payed rent to farm the land and owned the crops they grew?
Tenant Farming
Jefferson Davis
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
What divided the south into 5 military districts held by Union generals?
Reconstruction Act of 1867
What battle was when Jackson is shot by his own men and loses his arm and dies a week later?
Battle of Chancellorsville
What laws were used to separate Blacks and Whites in public?
Jim Crow Laws