test Flashcards
(50 cards)
Who was the president of the US during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the president of the confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Who murdered Abraham Lincoln during a play?
John Wilkes Booth
Who became president after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What president was impeached because Congress was afraid he wouldn’t carry out their plan for reconstruction
Andrew Johnson
Who was the union general in charge of the western front and the eastern front as well?
ulysses s. grant
Who was the union general in charge of the eastern front until he was fired for his cautious slow actions
George B McClellan
Who was the confederate general who was shot by his own man?
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
What was the most famous of the African-American Regiment during the Civil War?
54th Massachusetts
States that had slaves, but stayed in the union were called what
Border states
The new nation formed by the southern states succeeded was called what
Confederate states of America
Just set free
Emancipate
Destroying everything that might be useful to the enemy was what
Total war
The time period and plan to rebuild the south after the Civil War
Reconstruction
To bring formal charges against the president or other elected official
Impeach
Former slaves worked as ____ for parts of the crops after the Civil War
sharecroppers
payments required to be able to vote were what?
Poll taxes
Required voters to read and explain a difficult part of the constitution
literacy tests
allowed to vote without taking the literacy test if a father or grandfather was able to vote
Grandfather clause
Made ending slavery goal of a Civil War
Emancipation proclamation
Freed slaves and states still in rebellion of the US
Emancipation proclamation
Two minute speech that honored fallen soldiers are noted many American values
Gettysburg address
Amendment that band slavery
13th amendment
Granted citizenship and equal protection to all people born in the US
14th amendment
