Pre Civil War
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What was the bloodiest battle and turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Name 1 restriction the Black Codes placed on African Americans.
2. Could not live in cities
3. Had to work for former employer for a year
What does the 13th Amendment do?
The north had an __________ economy during the Civil War which they used as an advantage.
industrial
Why is the Battle of Antietam significant?
The victory gave Lincoln the confidence he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What group is excluded from the 15th Amendment?
Women
What does the 14th Amendment do?
Gives citizenship rights to all people born in the United States
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Government based on the people
What was the North's strategy for defeating the South?
Anaconda Plan
Who replaced Lincoln as president after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What does the 15th Amendment say?
An American citizen cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
What was the goal of Black Codes?
To ensure freed slaves had an unequal societal relationship with white Americans and keep a supply of cheap laborers
With the Abolitionist movement growing in the United States during the antebellum period, many South Carolinians felt that Abolitionists were _____________________.
Threatening their way of life
How did General Sherman's March to the Sea affect the south?
It destroyed the plantation system, hurt moral and removed support for the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee was a general for which army?
Confederate
Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan was called what?
10% Plan
What was the goal of Reconstruction?
To reunite the southern states with the Union and build a stronger nation
List the 4 border states.
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Why was the victory at Vicksburg significant?
The Union army now had complete control of the Mississippi River and the Confederacy was split in half.
Who are Radical Republicans?
A faction within the Republican Party that supported a stronger and harsher approach to Reconstruction.
Who are carpetbaggers?
Northern-born Republicans who moved South during Reconstruction
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
An organization established by Congress to aid freedmen and refugees in the South