Battles
This battle started the civil war
Fort Sumter
This event led to the Secession of South Carolina and several other southern states.
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
The race of the soldiers that were recruited into the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was this
The official name for separating from your government or country is this
Secession
The plan to let former Confederate states back into the Union after 10% of their population swore an oath of loyalty.
Lincoln's 10% Plan
This battle was attended by civilians picnicking...they had to run in terror when the Union lost
First Battle of Bull Run
How Lincoln felt about slavery prior to the Civil War
He didn't like it
This event led to the secession of South Carolina and then other slave states
Lincoln's Election
The president who succeeded Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
This major turning point gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Battle of Vicksburg
The plan Lincoln had to free slaves in the U.S. and then transport them to Liberia (Africa)
Colonization Plan
Before being allowed to fight, the 'colored' soldiers were only used for this...
Manual Labor
The President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Organization established to help former slaves find farms, supplies and schools
Freedmen's Bureau
This key turning point lasted 3 days and was fought in Pennsylvania. Lee's army was crushed by the Union
Battle of Gettysburg
The constitutional right that Lincoln suspended in order to silence Copperheads in the North
What is the right of Habeas Corpus
Name of the order signed by Lincoln that resulted in 1,000's of slaves running away and joining the Union Army
Emancipation Proclamation
The number of States that eventually seceded to form the Confederacy
11
The amount of land each freedmen was supposed to get from General Sherman's plan to break up southern plantations
40 acres (and a mule)
This charge was made on the final day at Gettysburg. It proves Lee was not as brilliant as some people thought....
Picketts Charge
Lincoln was assassinated because he wanted this for African Americans
Equal Rights for African Americans
The one successful slave rebellion in the U.S. was this
The Civil War
According to the Wade-Davis Bill, this type of person was automatically disqualified from voting or holding office in the southern states.