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Unit 4

Civil War

Fort Sumter U.S. fort that was fired on by Confederates in the first shots of the Civil War - April 12, 1861.
Abraham Lincoln Republican President (1861 - 1865) who led the Union during the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclamation Declared that all slaves within Confederate states were free - January 1, 1863.
Gettysburg Turning point battle where Union troops led by George Meade defeated Lee to end his invasion of Pennsylvania - July 1 - 3, 1863.
Appomattox Place where Lee surrendered his army to Grant - April 9, 1865.
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee Confederate general who led the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant Union general who won victories out West and ultimately defeated Lee in Virginia to win the Civil War.
Gettysburg Address 1863 speech by President Lincoln to motivate the North to continue fighting and see the war to its end.
Antietam Battle between McClellan and Lee in Maryland that ended in a draw, but ended Lee's invasion of Maryland - September 17, 1862.
Anaconda Plan Union strategy to blockade Southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River.
Vicksburg City that surrendered to Grant on July 4, 1863 which gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River.
William Tecumseh Sherman Union general who led Union troops to capture Atlanta and on the "March to the Sea" across Georgia in 1864.
John Wilkes Booth Confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theater on April 15, 1865.
Richmond Confederate capital during the Civil War.
Washington D.C. Union capital during the Civil War.
March to the Sea Union advance across Georgia in 1864 and into the Carolinas in 1865 to destroy infrastructure, live off the countryside, and crush civilian morale.
Army of the Potomac Main Union Army that fought in the East during the Civil War.
Copperheads Northern Democrats who opposed Emancipation and favored a negotiated peace with the Confederacy.
George McClellan Union general who organized the Army of the Potomac and later ran as a Peace Democrat to challenge President Lincoln in 1864.
Election of 1864 Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan to win reelection.
Bull Run First major battle of the war in Virginia that ended in a shocking Confederate victory - July 21, 1861.
The Seven Days Battles where Confederate attacks by Lee forced McClellan to retreat from his advance on Richmond - Summer 1862.
Black Americans Allowed to enlist the Union army and navy after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Confederate Strategy Fight a defensive war and try to achieve foreign assistance from Great Britain and France.
Border States Slave states who remained in the Union in the Civil War - Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
Petersburg City besieged by Grant to weaken Lee's army and cut supplies to Richmond - 1864 - 1865.
13th Amendment Abolished slavery in the United States - 1865.
Freedmen's Bureau Federal agency that offered food, clothing, schools, and protection to freed slaves during Reconstruction.
Ten Percent Plan President Lincoln's proposal to readmit a former Confederate States into the Union once 10% of its population gave a loyalty oath.
Loyalty Oath A pledge to no longer fight against the U.S. government and to accept proclamations made about slavery.
Andrew Johnson Southern Democrat and Vice President who became President after Lincoln's death.
Black Codes Laws passed by State governments in the South to restrict the rights of freed slaves.
Radical Republicans Group in Congress who opposed lenient Reconstruction policies and wanted to grant more rights to freed slaves.
14th Amendment Made all freed slaves citizens with equal protection under law - 1868.
15th Amendment Declared the right to vote could not be denied on the basis of race - 1870.
Ku Klux Klan Southern group who used violent means to stop Blacks and White Republicans from voting.
Compromise of 1877 Agreement between the Republican Party and Democratic Party to remove federal troops from the South and end of Reconstruction.
Reconstruction Time period after the Civil War where Confederate states were brought back into the Union and the nation was reunited.
Union States that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War.
Confederacy States that seceded from the Union during the Civil War.
Enforcement Acts Laws passed by Congress to allow the federal government to enforce civil rights and combat the Ku Klux Klan.
New York City City where riots against the Union draft were held by Irish immigrants in 1863.
Military Reconstruction Act Dissolved State governments and returned federal troops into the South during Radical Reconstruction.
Rutherford B. Hayes U.S. President (Republican, 1877 - 1885) - Made an agreement to remove federal troops from the South to get elected.
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