People
The president of the Union during the Civil War and is regarded as one of the most influential presidents in US history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
What is the current capital of Georgia?
Atlanta, GA
The first battle/starting point of the Civil War taking place in South Carolina
What was Battle of Ft. Sumter?
The act that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
The period/era after the Civil War where the key focus was uniting all of the states back into one country.
What was the Reconstruction Era?
The general famous for capturing Atlanta in an event known as the "Atlanta Campaign"
Who is William T. Sherman?
The first capital of Georgia
What is Savannah?
The bloodiest battle in the Civil War and one of the major turning points for the Union
(famous speech by Abraham was held after this battle)
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
A document signed by President Lincoln that ordered the freedom of all slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The legal case/battle divided the North and the South against one other specifically for their slavery ideals.
What was the Dred Scott case?
The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
What was one of the most infamous prisons in the Civil War for being a cruel and torturous place for Union soldiers as they were starved, killed, etc
Andersonville Prison
This battle was the largest Confederate victory and was considered to be Lee's greatest battle.
What was the Battle of Chickamauga?
A plan that involved a naval blockade from the Union to get an upper hand
What was Anaconda Plan?
A group that thrives to cause the submission of African Americans using the act of violence. This group is still active today and considered a terrorist group.
Who are the Klu Klux Klan? (KKK)
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Richmond, VA
A war strategy planned and launched by General Sherman in order to take over Atlanta and destroy all of the confederates supplies
What was Sherman's March to the Sea/Atlanta Campaign?
An act that allowed the state of Nebraska and Kansas to vote whether or not Slavery should be legal.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Two different restrictions against African Americans that stripped away their rights even after the banning of slavery
What were the Black codes and Jim crow laws?
The main general for the Confederacy and widely regarded as one of the best generals.
The general that befriended this general
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender his army to General Ulysses S. Grant? (the end of the Civil War)
Appomattox Court House
The deadliest one-day battle in the Civil War and a turning point for the Union.
(Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation following this battle)
What was the Battle of Antietam?
A Reconstruction/act was harsher on former confederates and gave African Americans more freedoms
A group of politicians made this reconstruction plan because they believed that everyone should have the same rights.
What was the Congressional/Radical Reconstruction?
Who were the Radical Republicans?
Amendment made it illegal to own slaves
Amendment granted everyone citizenship if they were born and naturalized in the US
The Amendment prevents any local or state government from denying you the right to vote
(List them in order)
What is the 13th Amendment?
What is the 14th Amendment?
What is the 15th Amendment?