Civil War And Reconstruction Study Guide. Provide A Couple Bullet Points With Important Information On Each Goals Of The Confed States Of America Union Advantage/Disadvantages Confed Advantage/Disadvantages Uncle Tom'S Cabin Anaconda Plan Battle Of Gettysburg Battle Of Bull Run Battle Of Vicksburg Battle Of Antietam Emancipation Proclamation African American Soldiers Draft And Draft Riots Sherman’S March To The Sea Reconstruction 13th Amendment 14th Amendment 15th Amendment Sharecropping Freedmen’S Bureau Black Codes Frederick Douglass Assassination Of Lincoln And Its Effect On Reconstruction Civil Rights Act 1866 Compromise Of 1877

Confederate States of America Goals

Secession from the Union, Preservation of slavery

Union Advantages

Larger population, industrialized economy

Union Disadvantages

Leadership issues, Unknown, unfamiliar terrain

Confederate Advantages

Strong military tradition, defensive war

Confederate Disadvantages

Smaller population, lack of resources

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Anaconda Plan

Union's strategy to blockade the South

Battle of Gettysburg

Turning point in the war, Union victory

Battle of Bull Run

First major battle of the war, Confederate victory

Battle of Vicksburg

Union victory, split the Confederacy

Battle of Antietam

Bloodiest single-day battle in American history

Emancipation Proclamation

Freed slaves in Confederate states

African American Soldiers

Served in Union army, faced discrimination

Draft and Draft Riots

Conscription implemented, riots in NYC

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Union army's destructive campaign

Reconstruction

Period after the Civil War to rebuild the South

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law

15th Amendment

Gave African American men the right to vote (voting is no longer restricted by race)

Sharecropping

System where freedmen worked land in exchange for a share of crops and housing

Freedmen’s Bureau

Provided assistance to freed slaves

Black Codes

Laws restricting African American rights

Frederick Douglass

Prominent abolitionist and writer (black)

Assassination of Lincoln and its effect on Reconstruction

Led to more liberal policies toward the South with the administration of President Johnson

Civil Rights Act 1866

Granted citizenship and equal rights to all born in the U.S.

Compromise of 1877

Ended Reconstruction, removed federal troops from the South