Amendments
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolish Slavery
What battle marked the official start of the Civil War and led to more southern states seceding?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Who was the top Union general that would go on to accept Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses S. Grant
What were the two types of reconstruction?
Presidential and Congressional
Who had the majority of population, railroads, and industrial output?
The North
What three amendments came from Reconstruction?
13th, 14th, and 15th
Which battle helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
Who was best known for his march to the sea and use of "hard war" / total war tactics?
William T. Sherman
What were the two presidential plans called? Why did congress not agree with them?
Johnsons Plan and Lincolns Ten Percent Plan, Congress believed they were to lenient on the South.
Whose strategy was to use the Andaconda Plan?
The North
What does the 14th amendment do?
Define Citizenship
What was the signifigance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Turning point of the Civil War
Who was the top general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
What organization was established to help formally enslaved people as well as struggling white families?
Bureau of refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned lands 1865 ( Freedmans Bureau )
Whose goal was to defend territory rather than conquer it?
The South
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave people the right to vote regardless of race
Which battle is known as the bloodiest single day in American History and gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
Who was one of the most famous Southern military leaders known for his strict discipline and skilled tactics?
Stonewall Jackson
What two things formed from opposition and resistance to Reconstruction in the South?
Black Codes and The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan
Why did the North want to gain control of the Missisppi?
To split the confederacy
What federal measures were taken to ensure these amendments were inacted in Southern States? What event happend that took these measures away?
Federal troops. They were pulled out with the compromise of 1877
Which event was intended to destroy Southern Infrastructure and accelerate the war to it's end?
Sherman's March To The Sea
Why was Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomatox so important?
Marked official end of fighting and brought about end of the Civil War
What 4 acts came from Congressional Reconstruction?
Division into military districts, New state consitution, Ratifacation of the 14th amendment, Congressional oversight.
What goods did the North produce? Why was this important?
textiles, iron, weapons, ammunition. Could supply their own armies without relying on imports.