Vocabulary
Blockade
To block off a piece of land, often by ships
What anti-slavery political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
The Republican Party
This battle was seen as the turning point of the war and is often deemed the "Bloodiest Battle"
Battle of Gettysburg
True or False: Texas' Economy relied on enslaved labor for goods, and many feared financial collapse
True
Following Lincoln's assassination, who took over as the new President to oversee the Reconstruction Era?
Andrew Johnson
Sectionalism
To act in one region's best interests
DOUBLE POINTS! What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? and Where?
Free all enslaved people; In the South
After enslaved persons were granted freedom, it would take additional amendments to grant them what type of rights?
Civil Rights
What was the primary good that Southerners and Enslaved people would pick to sell so northern textiles mills could produce cloth?
Cotton
DOUBLE POINTS: In what year did Texas rejoin the Union?
1870
Emanicipate
To set free
What was the event, that would later become a national holiday celebrating Emancipation?
Juneteenth
DOUBLE POINTS! After the Civil War, former enslaved people were granted freedom when slavery was abolished by the...
13th Amendment
In the Confederate states like Texas, they relied heavily on agriculture that was maintained by enslaved labor. Trade with this country became very important as they were the only international border the South had.
Mexico
Who did the "Radical Republicans" believe should be more in charge of Reconstruction?
Congress
Secessionist
Someone who wants to separate from the country if the federal government outlaws slavery
What did Abraham Lincoln want to do after the Civil War?
Reunite the Nation
TRIPLE POINTS! On April 9th, 1865, General Robert E Lee was forced to surrender to this Union Military leader who would later become the 18th President in US History.
Ulysses S Grant
What did the Union do in different parts of the south to isolate them from trading with other countries?
From a Blockade around their coastlines
What was the name of the federal program that was used to provide assistance to newly freed men and women?
Freedman's Bureau
Abolitionist
Someone who thought slavery should be outlawed in the US because it goes against the founding principles
Lincoln would deliver speech on a famous battlefield where he would state the Civil War would be the greatest challenge to preserving the Union.
Gettysburg Address
This was the final battle of the Civil War. It had actually taken place after Lee's surrender near modern-day Brownsville.
Battle of Palmito Ranch
Name 3 goods (items) that were in short supply due to the war. Blockades prevented trading. Labor was low. Railroads, Roads, and Bridges were being damaged.
Salt, Coffee, Medicine, Clothing, Shoes, Farm Equipment, Cotton, Paper
In order for a former Confederate state to re-enter the Union, they passed the "Reconstruction Acts" where it required states to ratify (approve) of what?
The 13th and 14th Amendment