Geography
The confederacy was based in this geographical region of the United States
The South
He was president of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
He became president after Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Johnson
The Battle of Gettysburg was the northern most battle of the civil war in which US state
Pennsylvania
He was the commanding general of the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
This amendment to the Constitution guaranteed citizenship (and corresponding rights) to African American men
14th amendment
This city was the capital of the Confederacy
Richmond, VA
He was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This amendment solidified the right to vote for African American men
15th Amendment
The Battle of Fort Sumter took place in this Confederate state
South Carolina
He was famous for his intense abolitionist views and his role in leading a raid on a federal armory in Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
This was the name of the government agency that helped newly freed African Americans transition into society
Freedmen's Bureau
This was the final battle of the Civil War and the location of General Lee's surrender
Appomattox Court House
He was the former commanding general of the Union Army until he was replaced by Ulysses S. Grant.
He also ran against Lincoln in the 1864 Presidential Election.
George McClellan
This reconstruction plan divided the south into military districts and declared martial law in the south
(martial law = military takes control of government functions)
Military Plan/Congressional Plan/Radical Republican plan
This is the estimated death toll of the American Civil War.
600,000-700,000