Famous People from the Civil War
The president during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The name of the group of Confederates that was created to terrorize black Americans
What is Ku Klux Klan - KKK
President Lincoln enacted this law to free all slaves in rebelling states
What is Emancipation Proclamation
Two restrictions the states added to restrict who was able to vote
What is Poll Tax, Literacy Test?
The act of charging a public official with a crime and attempting to remove them from Office
What is impeachment?
The man who became president following the assassination of Lincoln
Who is Andrew Johnson
This was seen in the south through the 1950's, meaning separation of races
What is Segregation?
The purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution
What is to ensure citizenship to all people (equal protection under the law)
The purpose of the Freedmen”s Bureau during Reconstruction was for this reason
What is to help both the Freedmen and poor whites find jobs, get an education, a place to live, etc
One of Abraham Lincoln’s most famous speeches was also one of the shortest at three minutes. It was given at this cemetery dedication in November 1863
What is The Gettysburg Address
This man was the leader of the Union army and would later become a president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
In order to try and force newly freed blacks on the plantation, these were passed in the south
What are Black Codes?
The goal of the thirteenth amendment
What is the ending of slavery?
This was the farming arrangement many newly freed blacks had post Civil War that kept them in poverty
What is Sharecropping?
This act passed by the Radical Republicans prevented the president from firing cabinet members, leading to the first impeachment of a president.
What is the Tenure of Office Act?
This man was told he could not sit in the white section of a train, prompting a landmark court case
Who is Homer Plessy
The term for the former Confederate states because of their likelihood of voting for the Democrat candidate.
What is the Solid South?
The purpose of the Fifteenth Amendment
What is to guarantee a persons right to vote could not be denied based on race, color of skin, or the fact they were once a slave
This man lead a slave revolt in 1859, was executed, became a martyr and his name became used in a rallying cry for the Union soldiers and freedmen
Who is John Brown?
This phrase became a rallying call for some of the broken promises of Reconstruction, when freedmen were not given this as originally promised
What 40 acres and a mule
This man was the leader of the Radical Republicans and their plan for Reconstruction
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This man from Mississippi is the only president of the Confederacy from 1861-1865
What is Jefferson Davis?
This act forgave over 150,000 former Confederate troops of crimes they committed.
What is the Amnesty Act
This court case ruled that blacks whether they were enslaved or not, were not citizens of the United States.
What is Dred Scott vs Sandford
This landmark court case overturned Plessy vs Ferguson in 1954, declaring Separate but Equal Unconstitutional. (Hint: it had to do with schools)
What is Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas?