Civil War Begins
This election caused Southern states to begin seceding from the Union.
What is the Election of 1860?
This battle was a turning point in the Civil War and led to Lincoln’s famous speech.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This document freed slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He assassinated President Lincoln in 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
These amendments abolished slavery and gave citizenship and voting rights.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This event marked the official start of the Civil War.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at this location.
What is Bull Run?
This famous speech honored fallen soldiers and redefined the purpose of the war.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This plan offered forgiveness to Southern states if 10% of voters pledged loyalty.
What is the Ten Percent Plan?
The 15th Amendment gave African American men this right.
What is the right to vote?
He was elected president in 1860 and led the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Tennessee battle involved the 13th U.S. Colored Troops.
What is the Battle of Nashville?
This African American regiment fought bravely at Fort Wagner.
What is the Massachusetts 54th?
These laws restricted the rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This governor of Tennessee supported Reconstruction and was targeted by the KKK.
Who is William Brownlow?
He was the president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This Union general accepted the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This group of African American soldiers fought in Tennessee.
What is the 13th U.S. Colored Troops?
He became president after Lincoln and was later impeached.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Northern whites who moved South during Reconstruction were called this.
What are carpetbaggers?
Name one major difference between the Union and Confederacy.
What is slavery, economy, or states’ rights?
Name either Sam Watkins or Elisha Hunt Rhodes and describe their role in the war.
Who is Sam Watkins, Confederate soldier / Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Union soldier?
After the war, this organization helped freed African Americans with food, education, and jobs.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South and protect these citizens.
Who are freedmen?
Southern whites who supported Reconstruction were given this nickname.
What are scalawags?