Vocabulary
The freeing of slaves
What is emancipation
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in what year
What is 1862
Why was the Democratic Party, which included many laborers, opposed emancipation?
They feared that freed slaves would come north and take their jobs at lower wages.
Because of Copperheads, Lincoln suspended this constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
habeas corpus
What is the Emancipation proclamation
A written document ordering to free confederate slaves
This woman brought strength and comfort to Union soldiers, also created the Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
What year did the Civil War begin?
What is 1861
What was Clara Barton known for
She was the first woman nurse on the battlefield and founded the Red Cross.
Name the two most brutal prison camps
Elmira, NY and Andersonville, Georgia
Escaped slaves were known as?
What are contrabands
He ran against Lincoln in 1864 for President
Who is General George B. McClellan
In what year were African American's able to fight for the Union?
1863
Who ran against Lincoln for president in 1864?
General George McClellan
This is known as forced military service
What is the draft
Midwesterners that sympathized with the south
What are copperheads
A U.S. representative of Ohio, who lead the peace democrats or copperheads
Who is Clement L. Vallandigham
Lincoln ran against George McClellan for president
What is 1864
What did Abraham Lincoln do in 1864 to repay African Americans
He gave the right to vote
This side had to pass a draft law requiring men to serve in the army first?
Who is the Union army
A regiment in the Union army consisting of mostly free African Americans
What is the 54th Massachusetts infantry
He believed that military service would help African Americans.
Who is Frederick Douglass
What year did the Civil War End?
What is July 1865
Who led a heroic charge on South Carolina's Fort Wagner
Robert G. Shaw/54th Massachusetts infantry
How did life for women, the elderly, and children change during the war?
They had to take over work, such as farm work and factory jobs