Era 7- Civil War

Freedmen’s Bureau

the government organization set up to help the newly freed African Americans get help with jobs, housing, medical needs, education, etc

Kansas Nebraska Act

repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty in states/territories.

Black codes

laws passed that restricted and limited the rights of the freed African Americans in the South

Emancipation Proclamation

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Missouri compromise

1820) set the boundaries for slavery in the US/territories; above 36’ 30 line of latitude no slavery was allowed except for MISSOURI; below that line slavery was allowed; this allowed for maintaining the balance between free and slave states in the Congress

Jefferson Davis

the president of the Confederate States of America

John Wilkes Booth

responsible for assassinating President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC five days after the Civil War ended

Ulysses S. Grant

the general for the Army of the United States during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

16th president of the United States; president during the Civil War

Robert E Lee

general for the Confederate States of America army

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery

14th Amendment

granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States

15th amendment

guaranteed African American males the right to vote