The North Takes Charge, Reconstruction Effects, and Main Idea Flashcards
How did Gettyburg change the war?
ended Confederate general Robert E. Lee’s ambitious second quest to invade the North
Why did Lincoln fear he might not be reelected?
Northerners felt war had gone too long and cause destructions
What were two ways in which Civil War changed the nations?
- Federal government became more powerful
- widened economic gap from north and south.
How was slavery finally abolished in the United States
By passing the 13th Amendment
how did the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments improve the lives of African Americans
guaranteed African Americans citizenship rights and promised that the federal government would enforce “equal protection of the laws.
What was the North’s plan for winning the Civil War?
Anaconda Plan
How did Southern whites regain political power during Reconstruction
The Compromise of 1877 led to the withdrawal of all the federal troops from the South
Gettysburg
Most decisive battle of the war
Gettysburg Address
Important speech by President Lincoln
William Tecumseh Sherman
Commander of Union troops in Georgia and South Carolina
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery
14th Amendment
Gave African American Citizenship
15th Amendment
Banned states denying African American the right to vote
Hiram Revels
First African American Senator
KKK
Group of white southerners who used violence to keep blacks from voting