Unit 9-10: Civil War/Reconstruction Flashcards
Road to Civil war, Abraham Lincoln, Slavery Abolished, etc.
Abraham lincoln
civil war u.s president, against secession, wanted to preserve the union.
black codes
laws that limited freedom of former slaves
uinion advantages
more factories, railroads, money, and leadership pf general grant.
Freedmens bureau
worked to help newly freed slaves
transcontinental railroads
encouraged settlement of the west; opened new markets to trade goods.
approximation court house
confederacy surrendered to Union in Virginia, ended the civil war.
Sharecropping
farming system in which former slaves and poor whites were trapped in a cycle of debt
Hiram rhodes revels
1st african american U.S senator
Vicksburg
Union captured mississippi river, dividing the confederacy in half.