Important people during the civil war | Battles of the Civil War | After the War | Who is...reconstruction period | Land and more after the war |
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Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
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How many battles did the Union Win?
The ________ won 3 important battles
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Why were taxes raised?
During the Civil War many bridges, buildings, and railroads were destroyed. They needed to raise the taxes to pay for the reconstruction
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Who is Geronimo?
led attacks against the United States Army
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What is Texas?
Had cattle ranchers or vast grassland
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Who was the Confederate general?
Robert E. Lee
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What are the battles won by the Union
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Fort Gettysburg Battle of Antietam |
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
13th amendment
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Who is Chief Joseph?
ressisted fighting
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What is railroads?
Helped move cattle
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Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
He was the Union General during the Civil War, he also became the president of the U.S. after Andrew Johnson.
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Who won the battle of Fort Sumter?
The confederates won the battle of Fort ________.
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What did the states have to do to rejoin the Union?
They had to abolish slavery. Write a new constitution. Give African American men the right to vote. Approve the 14th amendment which said that anyone born in the US was an American citizen
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Who is Sitting Bull or Who is Crazy Horse?
led more than 1,500 warriors into a battle
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What is mining towns?
Fighting would often break out between the prospectors and there was also NO law and order.
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Who is Jefferson Davis?
He was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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Who won the battle of Bull Run
The Confederates won the battle of ____ ___
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What is sharecropping?
There were landowners and workers. The owners would hire workers to work on their land. When the crops were ready to harvest, the workers would get a share of them.
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Who is Nat Love
He was a well known African American cowhand. He was a former enslaved person. He wrote a book about his experience as a cowhand.
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How did the building of railroads help the economy?
The railroad now stretched across the country. Towns grew around the railroad and it helped people be able to sell their goods in other parts of the country.
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Who is Andrew Johnson?
He was the President after Lincoln died
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How many major battles were there in all?
5 major battles
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What is the Homestead Act?
The government gave 160 acres of land to 21 year olds. They lived on the land for at least 5 years.
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Who is Joseph C. Corbin
set up the first public school system
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What is the Challenges of settling in the Great Plains?
There were no streams or wood. The weather conditions were not great. Insects were a problem on the great plains.
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