civil war and reconstruction vocabulary 1. bull run/first manassas - the first battle of the civil...
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Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary
1. Bull Run/First Manassas - The first battle of the Civil War – a victory for the South – that made people realize the War was serious.
2. Antietam – The first Union Victory in the Civil War – it allowed Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. Emancipation Proclamation – A War Powers Act written by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
2. Antietam – The first Union Victory in the Civil War – it allowed Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. Emancipation Proclamation – A War Powers Act written by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
4. Vicksburg – A Union victory led by General Grant that captured the Mississippi River and began the March-to- the-Sea.
3. Emancipation Proclamation – A War Powers Act written by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.
4. Vicksburg – A Union victory led by General Grant that captured the Mississippi River and began the March-to- the-Sea.
5. Gettysburg – A Union victory where 50,000 men died in three days – it began the end of Confederate victories.
4. Vicksburg – A Union victory led by General Grant that captured the Mississippi River and began the March-to- the-Sea.
5. Gettysburg – A Union victory where 50,000 men died in three days – it began the end of Confederate victories.
6. Gettysburg Address – Lincoln’s most famous speech that inspired people to support winning the Civil War.
5. Gettysburg – A Union victory where 50,000 men died in three days – it began the end of Confederate victories.
6. Gettysburg Address – Lincoln’s most famous speech that inspired people to support winning the Civil War.
7. Minnie Ball – A special kind of rifling bullet that tore apart bodies as it impacted them.
6. Gettysburg Address – Lincoln’s most famous speech that inspired people to support winning the Civil War.
7. Ironclads – Steel plated gunboats that sat very low in the water – the earliest successful submarines.
8. Minnie Ball – A special kind of rifling bullet that tore apart bodies when it impacted them.
7. Ironclads – Steel plated gunboats that sat very low in the water – the earliest successful submarines.
8. Minnie Ball – A special kind of rifling bullet that tore apart bodies when it impacted them.
9. Freedman’s Bureau – An agency set up by Lincoln to educate, feed, clothe, and house former slaves so that they could get a good start at freedom.
8. Minnie Ball – A special kind of rifling bullet that tore apart bodies when it impacted them.
9. Freedman’s Bureau – An agency set up by Lincoln to educate, feed, clothe, and house former slaves so that they could get a good start at freedom.
10. Black Codes – Laws in the south that discriminated against African Americans in an effort to keep them enslaved.
9. Freedman’s Bureau – An agency set up by Lincoln to educate, feed, clothe, and house former slaves so that they could get a good start at freedom.
10. Black Codes – Laws in the south that discriminated against African Americans in an effort to keep them enslaved.
11. Thirteenth Amendment – Ended slavery in the United States.
10. Black Codes – Laws in the south that discriminated against African Americans in an effort to keep them enslaved.
11. Thirteenth Amendment – Ended slavery in the United States.
12. Fourteenth Amendment – Allowed African American men the right to vote and to run for public offices.
11. Thirteenth Amendment – Ended slavery in the United States.
12. Fourteenth Amendment – Allowed African American men the right to vote and to run for public offices.
13. Sharecropping – A system of renting a farm and paying in crops – it kept African Americans forever in debt.
12. Fourteenth Amendment – Allowed African American men the right to vote and to run for public offices.
13. Sharecropping – A system of renting a farm and paying in crops – it kept African Americans forever in debt.
14. Jim Crow Laws – Laws that legalized segregation in the south and limited access to resources for African Americans.
13. Sharecropping – A system of renting a farm and paying in crops – it kept African Americans forever in debt.
14. Jim Crow Laws – Laws that legalized segregation in the south and limited access to resources for African Americans.
15. Segregation – Legal separation of public and private resources for people based on their race.