Beginning of the Civil War
Who won the Election of 1860, prompting the Southern states to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
Advantages: Factories, Railroads, Money, Established Army, Navy
North
What was the 1st major battle of the Civil War?
1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Under Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, what percentage of voters had to take an oath of loyalty to the United States?
10%
What government agency was created during Reconstruction to help people effected by the Civil War?
Freedmen's Bureau
To formally withdraw from membership of something, like a country.
Secede
Advantages: Military Experience, Military Leaders, Home Field (something to fight for)
South
What port city on the Mississippi River did the Union conquer?
New Orleans
Who became president after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
What political group supported equal social and political rights of African Americans?
Radical Republicans
What was the name of the Southern states during the Civil War?
The Confederate States of America
What was the name of the North's military strategy?
The Anaconda Plan
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
What were the laws created after the Civil War called that limited the freedoms of freedmen?
Black Codes
What were newly freed slaves called?
Freedmen
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What type of war did the South have to fight?
Defensive
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
What amendment states American citizens of all races are guaranteed basic rights?
14th Amendment
What was a Southern Republican called?
Scalawag
Where did the 1st shots of the Civil War take place?
Fort Sumter
Name 1 part of the North's military strategy.
1. Blockade of southern ports
2. Divide South in 2 at the Mississippi River
3. Destroy communication and transportation
4. Capture Richmond, VA
The Union gained control of the Mississippi River after what siege?
Vicksburg
What amendment gave black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment
What was a Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction called?
Carpetbagger