People | Mixed Review | Civil War | Reconstruction | Vocabulary |
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Who is Abraham Lincoln
He was President during the Civil War
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What is:
Took care of homes and farms Spies Dressed as men and fought Sent food and supplies
Name one way women helped during the war
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What is Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Name the location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army
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What is reunite the North and the South
The main goal of Reconstruction
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What is assassination
The murder of a political or government leader
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Who is William T. Sherman
He believed in total war and led the March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah
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What is the idea of stand your ground (if they stayed and defended their land, the Union would eventually give up because they had nothing to gain)
Confederates believed this at the start of the Civil War
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What is:
Money Trains Weapons Ships
Name one advantage that the North had during the war
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What is segregate African Americans
Purpose of the Jim Crow Laws
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What is Impeachment
Bringing charges against an elected official by the House of Representatives
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Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Famous Union General Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox Courthouse, VA
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What is the 14th Amendment
This amendment gave African-Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law
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What is:
More experienced soldiers Better generals
Name one advantage that the South had during the war
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What is Freedmen's Bureau
Agency founded to help ex-slaves adjust to their new lives
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What is the Anaconda Plan
Union strategy for defeating the confederacy by "squeezing" them in
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Who is Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
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What is Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
This author wrote the famous book that exposed the cruelties of slavery. Name the author AND book
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What is became soldiers
Name the way African-Americans helped the war effort
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What is Southern desire to return African Americans to slavery
Purpose of the Black Codes
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What is Total War
A method of warfare used to destroy the opposing army and the people's will to fight
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What is:
Declared secession illegal Passed the 13th amendment
Andrew Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Name one GOOD thing that Andrew Johnson did.
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What is Sharecropping
Name the idea that resulted in an endless cycle because of the difficulties of getting out of debt and saving enough money for their own land
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What is:
Mark a great victory for the Union Inspire Union Soldiers
The purpose of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
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What is the 13th Amendment
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slavery forever
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What is women
Group of people that were excluded from the right to vote with the passage of the 14th amendment
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