History

The Civil War was between what two sides?

Union vs. Confederacy

The 15th Amendment…

Gave all men the right to vote, regardless of race

“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.” Who took this position on the issue of slavery?

Abraham Lincoln

Which battle began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

Which battle was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

Gettysburg

Where did General Ulysses S. Grant accept General Robert E. Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865, essentially ending the civil war?

Appomattox Court House

\------- became President following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Andrew Johnson

True or False: Jim Crow and Separate butbEqual laws were around in the U.S. from the 1860’s till the 1960’s.

True

What does the 13th Amendment ban?

Slavery

Who started the Red Cross?

Clara Barton

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: Harriet Tubman

Conductor on the Underground Railroad, worked as a a spy during the Civil War

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about the treatment

of slaves

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: John Rankin

Used candles in the window to guide runaway slaves on Underground Railroad

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: William Lloyd Garrison

Started own newspaper called the Liberator

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: Frederick Douglass

Strong voice against slavery, worked with Lincoln during Civil War

Match the abolitionist with the correct description: Sojourner Truth

Changed her name and lectured about the abolition of slavery and women’s rights

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

The Massachusetts 54th regiment was significant during the war because

First all African-American unit to fight in the war

What law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves?

Fugitive Slave Act

What is the name of the most famous speech given at a cemetery to honor the soldiers that died in war?

Gettysburg Address

The 14th Amendment…

Guaranteed citizenship to all people born in the U.S. including former slaves

(Read primary source) Why are the states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri not listed even though they owned slaves?

These states remained part of the Union

Using General William Sherman’s March to Sea in late 1864, which included the stealing of food…an example of what military tactic?

Total War

True or False: The Supreme Court case Plessy vs Ferguson established that it was okay to create separate but equal public settings.

True

The Underground Railroad was

A system of people and places that would help runaways on their journey to freedom

(Read primary source) Why does Lincoln refer to it as a “military necessity”

The Constitution didn’t allow Lincoln to end slavery, but he could as Commander-in-chief take action against an enemy of the U.S. and it was a tactic to end the war.

The Confederate States of America chose --------- as their president.

Jefferson Davis

(Read Primary Source) When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

January 1, 1863

Reconstructuon is defined as

The period of rebuilding the South and readmitting the Southern states to the Union

States that were slave holding but chose to remain loyal to the Union were known as

Border States

By the 1870’s most southern states adopted laws known as ------ creating a legal form of segregation.

Black Codes

What Supreme Court decision meant that the Constitution protected slavery?

Dred Scott

What was President Lincoln’s main priority at the start of the Civil War?

Preserve the union

Abraham Lincoln’s election as president of the United States sparked the ----- of many Southern states in the Union.

Secession