civil war

election of 1860: why was it important and what happened after

it was important because lincoln won and south carolina seceded as well as 6 other states

secede

to leave from the union

union: who was it and who were the leaders

northern states and border states that fought to preserve the nation and it was led by abraham lincoln

union advantages

high ground/morale

union strategy

anaconda plan

confederacy

a nation of southern states that seceded from the US. jefferson davis and robert e. lee were the main leaders

confederate advantages

fighting on their territory

confederate strategy

don’t conquer land

battle of fort sumter

after sc seceded, lincoln wanted to resupply the fort the confederacy did not like that and wanted them to leave

battle of antietam

ended robert e. lee’s first invasion and provided a win which helped lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation

battle of gettysburg

Robert E. Lee wanted to capture a northern city and George wanted to keep him away but fails but the Union won but that was the farthest the Confederates ever got, so they took that as a big win.

battle of appomattox courthouse

robert e. lee surrendered the army of northern virginia and grant let the confederates return home and triggered the end of the war

emancipation proclamation

it helped free fugitives who were in the rebellion

gettysburg address

it was a speech and lincoln said they will build a memorial here to honor those that fought and didn’t survive

lincoln’s assassination

john wilkes booth killed him because he wanted to throw the government into chaos ad andrew johnson took over

reconstruction

the time after the civil war when the U.S. government worked to rebuild the south and bring southern states back into the country

13th amendment

ended slavery

14th amendment

it helped give anyone citizenship

15th amendment

it gave black men the right to vote

black codes/jim crow laws

restricted rights of african americans and seperated them

sharecropping

a farming system where poor people rented land and gave a part of their crops to the landowner as payment

compromise of 1877

it helped rutherford b hayes win the presidency and gave control of the south back to white democrat

plessy v. ferguson

court decision that established segregation was legal as long as opportunities were equal.