American History – Chapter 4: Civil War/Reconstruction

the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union

the right to vote for or against slavery (pleased both sides)

Free African American and white abolitionists developed a secret network of people who would hide fugitive slaves

Southern States government (Confederate States of America)

1 of 4 forts still in Union hands in Charleston, S.C. - site of the first battle of the Civil War

Was the first major battle on a battlefield after Fort Sumter Fell, 25 miles away from Washington D.C.

Single bloodiest one day battle in U.S. history - 26,000 soldiers died

an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines

A draft that forced men to serve in the army

A tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual's income

July 1, 1863 was the most decisive battle of the war. The battle lasted 3 days and over 51,000 men were killed or wounded

Nov. 1863, - Abraham Lincoln's Speech for a ceremony to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg

was the site of a major victory for Ulysses S. Grant and the Union army as they defeated the Confederates on 1 of 2 remaining South strongholds

in a Virginia town, Lee and Grant met at a private home to arrange for the Confederate surrender

The abolishment of slavery was ratified in 1865

A group established by Congress to provide food, clothing, hospitals, legal protection and education for former slaves

the period during which the U.S. began to rebuild after the Civil War (1865-1877)

They wanted to destroy the political power of former slave holders, and give African Americans the right to vote and full citizenship

This prevented states from denying rights and privileges to any U.S. Citizen, no matter their race or color

no one can be kept from voting because of race, color or previous conditions of servitude

white Southerners who joined the Republican Party

were Northerners who moved to the South after the war

Landowners divided their land and assigned each head of household a few acres, along with seed & tools They got to keep a share of the harvest, with the rest going to the land owner

Southern vigilante groups that terrorized African Americans and white republicans to restore the old order in the South

born a slave, was the most famous conductor, she helped over 300 slaves to freedom

published a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin

a slave whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois & Wisconsin and then back to Missouri

Democratic Incumbent representative from Illinois (Won the last Election)

Republican Challenger for Douglas's Senate Seat, who serve one term as a House of Representative

A Senator from Mississippi, was unanimously elected to be the President

Confederate general who was given his name because his troops held firm in battle to help the South win

Union General who led military forces into Tennessee to take control of Fort Henry & Donelson

Commanding General of the Confederate Army

nurse who founded the American Red Cross after the war

was the commander of the military division in Mississippi Sherman unleashed a total war

26 year old actor and South sympathizer, assassinated the president

was the Vice-President, who took over for Lincoln when he was assassinated. He was almost impeached