People
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
General Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire in which battle?
Chancellorsville
Which sides soldiers joined the war due to a draft?
Both the union and confederacy
Name the 3 amendments that were ratified in each state constitution under congressional reconstruction.
13th, 14th and 15th
Spell your history teacher (and english teacher's), and science teacher's last names.
Kiehne
Naaktgboren
Who came up with the Anaconda Strategy?
Winfield Scott
Appomattox Court House
April 9th, 1865
The anaconda strategy aimed to break the confederacy into 3 pieces using what?
The Mississippi river
Appalachian Mountains
A naval blockade
Andrew Johnson DISAGREED with which reconstruction plan?
Congressional
What is the 15th amendment?
It gave African American males the right to vote.
Who fought for the confederacy simply because of his love of Virginia?
Robert E Lee
What was Lincoln's goal after the war ended?
For the south to rejoin the union as quickly as possible
Did the Emancipation Proclamation end slavery everywhere?
No, only in "rebelling" states
During the period of reconstruction, this organization was set up to assist former slaves (and poor white southerners)...
The freedman's bureau
The Massachusetts 54th regiment was an African American unit led by which colonel?
Robert Gould Shaw
Which general knew his loses could be replaced, so built his strategy around wearing the enemy down over time?
U.S. Grant
What were the 3 problems the confederacy was facing that led to them ultimately losing the war?
States rights
"king" cotton
Jefferson Davis
Name the two iron clad ships.
The Virginia
The Monitor
What is a scalawag?
A southerner who believed the south SHOULD change.
What was the specific name of Sherman's total war tactic?
March to the sea
Which general was known for their "total war tactics"?
William Tecumseh Sherman
When the war ended, some southern states passed laws that limited the rights of African American people. What were they called?
Black Codes
George McClellan found the confederacy's battle plans, but didn't act quickly.
That led to which battle?
Antietam
Describe sharecropping.
Where a land owner gave a former slave tools and seed to work the land. They would split the harvest 50/50
After which battle (siege) did Lee surrender?
Wilderness