Battles
What battle was the first of the Civil War and resulted in a massive confederate victory?
Fort Sumter.
What was President Abraham Lincoln's goal for the Civil War?
To preserve the union.
What are Border States?
States that didn’t secede from the union and were permitted to keep their slaves.
What is the period of rebuilding after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?
Proposed to give African Americans citizenship and prevented black codes (discrimination laws).
What battle did the union attack the confederates which resulted in a union defeat?
Bull Run.
What was the north's war strategy during the war that included 3 main objectives?
The Anaconda Plan.
How many states succeeded from the union?
11.
What was Lincoln's 10% Plan?
To readmit the southern states to the union, pardoned confederate soldiers if they swore allegiance to the union, if 10% of the population swore allegiance to the union, and state governments recognized the end of slavery.
What 3 changes happened in the economy?
Sharecropping, Crop Lien System, and Tenant Farming.
What battle was named the bloodiest day of the Civil War and gave Lincoln the battle he needed in order to issue the Em. Procl?
Antietam.
What was the south's war strategy during the war?
Seek support from Britain, defend until supplies comes//north gives up, invade the north if opportunity arises.
How many states were part of the union?
25.
What was Johnson's Plan?
Didn't want to punish the south, confederate states withdraw from secession, swore allegiance to the union, and ratify the 13th amendment.
What was the Amnesty Act?
It returned voting rights to confederates.
What battle the confederates attack the union in attempt to invade the north and was named the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg.
What were the north's advantages?
People, factories, food production, R.R.'s, communication, functioning navy.
Where did the south surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
What Reconstruction amendments were passed after the Civil War?
13th - abolished slavery. 14th - gave blacks full citizenship. 15th - right to vote.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
A compromise made up between democrats and Rutherford B. Hayes. The democrats agreed to Not block Haye’s election if federal troops were removed from the south. Haye’s agreed.
What battle did the union attack the confederates after a siege of the Mississippi River and resulted in the union capturing the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg.
What were the south's advantages?
First rate military leadership, highly motivated soldiers, land.
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis.
What was created after the Civil War that helped African Americans?
The Freedmen's Bureau.
What was the outcome of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Segregation was legal if facilities were the equal.