Major Battles & Turning Points
What battle was fought on September 17, 1862 and was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War. What was the name of this battle?
The Battle of Antietam
He served as the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
This practice was the primary cause of the Civil War, leading to division in the North and South.
Slavery
This amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.
the 13th Amendment
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction ended. (Hint: The law has a type of bird in the name)
Jim Crow laws
What battle was fought in July 1863 and is considered as the turning point of the Civil War. What was the name of this battle
The Battle of Gettysburg
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and worked as a Union spy.
Harriet Tubman
This event in 1860 led Southern states to begin seceding from the Union. (hint: Someone was elected)
The election of Abraham Lincoln
This government agency was created to help freed slaves and poor whites in the South.
the Freedmen’s Bureau
This Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River by winning this siege in July. What was the name of this Siege?
The Siege of Vicksburg.
He was the commanding general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
This state was the first to secede from the Union in December 1860.
South Carolina
These laws were passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans after the Civil War.
The Black Codes
The Reconstruction amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) focused on securing rights for these certain group of people. Which are...
African Americans
This Union general led the devastating March to the Sea in 1864. What was the generals name?
William Tecumseh Sherman
This abolitionist and former slave advised President Abraham Lincoln on the emancipation.
Frederick Douglass
Southern states argued they had the right to govern themselves without interference from the federal government, this is known as...
states rights
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment
This term describes efforts in the South to restrict Black voting rights through things like literacy tests and poll taxes.
Voter suppression
The Civil War began when Confederate forces fired on this fort in April 1861. What is this fort called?
Fort Sumter
He was the Union general who accepted the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House in 1865.
Ulysses S. Grant
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it fueled anti-slavery views in the North.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This political agreement ended Reconstruction in 1877 and removed federal troops from the South.
The Compromise of 1877
After slavery ended, freed African Americans rented land from plantation owners to farm. The system was unfair and made it hard to escape poverty. What was this system called?
Sharecropping