People
He was the Commander of Confederate forces and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Robert E. Lee
Where Lee Surrendered to Grant.
Appomattox Court House
This is where the Civil War began. Confederates attacked because the union refused to surrender. Four states seceded and West Virginia decided to break away from Virginia.
Fort Sumter
The system of farming where plantation owners would lend previously enslaved people a place to live, seeds, farm equipment, and other tools in return for farming crops was called
sharecropping
The amendment that gave citizenship to former slaves.
14th Amendment
President of the U.S. during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the states that seceded. He tried to keep the nation united.
Abe Lincoln
Because part of Virginia disagreed with the rest of Virginia on the issue of slavery, this state was formed.
West Virginia
This was a 3 day battle in Pennsylvania that the South (Confederates) lost. However, many people on both sides lost their lives. It was considered the turning point in the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
To break away from a group
secede
The amendment that freed all slaves in the U.S.
13th Amendment
The 1st and only President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
Economy based on agriculture
South
his was a 300 mile march through Georgia. Sherman and his men burned everything in their path, hoping to scare soldiers into leaving the Confederacy. This was known as
Sherman's March to Sea
Northerners who came to the south to help with Reconstruction.
carpetbaggers
President Lincoln gave this speech at a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery for fallen soldiers. It is known as one of the most famous speeches in American history. It begins by saying, "Four Score and Seven Years ago Our Father Brought Forth"
Gettysburg Address
He was the Union General that later became President of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant
This was the place where the Monitor v. Merrimack battled was on what terrain?
on water
This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. There was no clear winner. This battle gave Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antienam
Laws that restricted the rights of freed slaves.
black codes
What was the goal of Reconstruction?
Reunite the South back into the Union
The man who killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
When Ulysses S. Grant captured the capital of the Confederacy, it marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War. This is the name of that city.
Richmond, VA
This is when the Union took control of the Mississippi River, which cut off supplies to the South until the Confederates finally surrendered
Battle of Vicksburg
This is the name for the type of ship that has been made with iron sides during the Civil War.
iron clad
Describe the three parts of the Anaconda Plan
1. Blockade all Southern sea ports
2. Control the Mississippi River
3. Cut the South in half