Civil War Causes
Putting one regions own needs and interests over the needs and interests of the U.S as a whole
Sectionalism
This region won the Civil War.
This is the date that the Civil War Ended.
April 9, 1865
This proclaimed that all enslaved people in the South "henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
This is the year that reconstruction officially ended!
1877
This Fort was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
This Union General gained victory over at which courthouse?
Ulysses S. Grant, and The Appomattox Courthouse.
Enslaved individuals found out about their emancipation 2 years later on this date.
June 19th, 1865
This amendment abolished slavery
Had no control over which crops were planted or how they were sold.
Sharecroppers
This is the date the Civil War began
April 12, 1861
This event was considered the "Turning Point" of the war.
The Battle of Vicksburg
The president nominated after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Also refused to sign reform laws.
Andrew Johnson.
This organization helped formerly enslaved Americans find jobs and legalized marriages.
The Freedmans Bureau
This newly elected president oversaw Reconstruction and withdrew troops from the South.
Rutherford B. Hayes
This system, also known as the 'peculiar institution', was abolished in 1865.
Slavery
The Confederate general who surrendered at the end of the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
Wanted a return to the antebellum era, or the pre-Civil War time that supported slavery
Southern Democrats
Gave men of ALL races the ability to vote.
the 15th Amendment
This Texan document included a bill of rights and reflected the principles of government similar to that of the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitution of 1876
After this president was nominated South Carolina Seceded from the Union
Abe Lincoln
Confederate victory that prevented the Union from invading Texas.
The Battle of Sabine Pass.
Wanted to quickly readmit southern states and reunite the country.
Moderate Republicans.
This Union general informed enslaved individuals in Texas of their freedom.
Union General Granger
This act-
Divided the South into 5 military districts, required new state constitutions to include male voting, and required states to ratify the 14th Amendment
The Reconstruction Act of 1867.