History Chapter 14 Test Terms

Richmond, Virginia- where the Confederates soon moved their capital to

Fredericksburg- where Lee and Jackson defeated Burnside's Union troops

Vicksburg- served as a supply port on the Mississippi

Appomattox Court House Virginia- serves as a meeting place for Lee's surrender

Fisk/Atlanta University- founded in 1865

Tuskegee Institute- the most innovative educational institution for black Americans

Compromise of 1850- would resolve several disputes between North and South

underground railroad- a series of secret routes leading North

Uncle Tom's Cabin- dramatized the cruelty of slavery

Kansas Nebraska Act- created two new territories

Civil- began when the first shot was fired by the Confederates

Anaconda Plan- the Union's plan to attack

Emancipation Proclamation- declared the freedom of slaves in states which had seceded from the Union

Gettysburg Address- given by Lincoln in a three-minute speech

Reconstruction Era- a difficult time period for America 

13th Amendment- outlawed slavery

Freedmen's Bureau-  provided relief for both blacks and whites who lost everything in the war

14th Amendment-Amendment- made freedmen citizens of the United States and attempted to safeguard their civil rights

Reconstruction Act of 1867- divide former Confederacy into five military districts and appointed military officers with broad powers to govern each districts

Ku Klux Klan- a secret society nutrition to violence and cruelty to freedmen

15th Amendment- prohibited the states from denying the right to vote because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Compromise of 1877- ended the reconstruction in the South