causes Events/ battles reconstruction terms key dates
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What is slavery
The main reason the civil war happened
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What is the battle of Fort Sumter
The first battle of the civil war is known as
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Who is John Wilkes Buth
What is the name of the man who assainated lincoln
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What is a plantaion
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar and tabacco are cultivated by resident labour
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Who is Abraham Lincoln
November 6th 1860 this man is elected president of the United States
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What is moveable property
Slaves were known as not humans but chattel which means what
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What is the battle of bull run or fort manasas
The first major battle of the civil war was
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What is carpatbagger
What was a term used for northeners who helped black people regester to vote
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who is an abolitionist
A person who belives slavery should be abolished
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What is Fort Sumter
April 12th 1861 this area is attacked begining the war
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What is abolitionism
The belief that slavery should be abolished
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What is the Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was the bloodiest battle of the war
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What is Jim Crow laws
Segregation laws were put in place for protection after slavery was abolished, these laws were known as
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What is the emancipation proclimation
The presidental proclimation that freed all of the slaves in the confederecy
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Who is John Brown
October 16th 1859 this man attacked Harpers Ferry to create an uprising for the slaves
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What is Uncle Toms Cabin
The book that was a bestseller talking about the life of a slave
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What is the Appomatox Courthouse
The south surrenderd at
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What is redeemers
These people wanted to redeem the south to her old ways
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What is the figutive slave act
A law passed by congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners
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What is Confederate States of America
February 9, 1861 the southern states form their own country called the
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What is wage slavery
In the northern states this different type of slavey was taking place where they were paid very little and worked in poor condition
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What is the Gettysburg Address
Abraham lincoln delivered this speech in dedectaion of the american soilders who died in the war
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What is the 15th amendmant
What amendment granted all citizens of the United States the right to vote no matter the race
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What is a rebel
A nickname given to people in the south supporting the confederate states






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