US history exam review

the Emancipation Proclamation was given on what date

Lincoln's secretary of the treasury known for adopting the motto “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins

Founded Hampton University and influenced Booker T. Washington

Lee’s right hand man; One of the best generals the Confederacy. Was wounded at Chancellorsville; died of pneumonia

this bill guaranteed Freedman basic civil rights including citizenship was the Civil Rights Bill

Chicago preacher that started a Sunday School movement prior to the Civil War

The Site where Lee surrender to Grant essentially ending the Civil War was Appomatox Court House

the 13th amendment was signed in what year

Lee surrenders to General Grant at Appomattox Court House

plan that stimulated the amount of loyalty Oaths needed for a Southern state to be readmitted to the union was 12% plan

The most decisive battle of the Civil War and the bloodiest battle in history was the battle of Antietam

Freed the slaves that were in rebellion against the Union was the Emancipation Proclimation

a secret society that resorted to Terror tactics to suppress the rights of Freedmen was the Ku Klux Klan

Sherman’s major objective in his March to the Sea

The South's costliest Victory and where Stonewall Jackson was killed was the battle of

Unionist Democrat who was Lincoln's running mate in 1864

Secretary of War who was dismissed by President Johnson

Wade Davis Bill was vetoed by Johnson that required a majority of white males take a loyalty oath

The temporary name that the Republicans took for the 1864 election was National Republican Party

white Southerners who cooperated with carpetbaggers were called Carpetbaggers

Lincoln's profound 3 minute speech was the Emancipation Proclamation

Tenure of Service Act prevented the prez from dismissing any civil officers appointed without the consent of the Senate

laws in the South that limited the civil rights of freed men were called White Codes

Bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War

15th amendment abolished slavery

Chaplain that wrote about Confederate revivals during the Civil War

Fort Sumter was attacked and Civil War began on this date

Union commander in charge of Fort Sumter?

the 15th Amendment guaranteed freedmen the right to vote

Recontruction was a period all time after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 that focused on rebuilding the South

the most influential spokesman for the black community and founded Tuskegee Institute

Confederate ironclad ship was called the CSS Alabama

the 14th ammendment gave citizenship to freed men

Reconstruction Act attempted to make the former Confederate states accept the terms for reconstruction

The hero of the war in the Western front and supreme commander of the Union forces for the United States

Vice president who became president after Lincoln's assassination, and the first president to be impeached

Union ironclad was called the Monitor

The Confederate General that seized Fort Sumter?

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on this year

the method used by both sides to raise the needed forces for war was the draft system

The commander of the Confederate army of northern Virginia, and the greatest military strategists in history.

president who was honest but whose reputation was tarnished because of scandals within his administration

Which fort remained in Union hands despite being located in a seceded state?

The American Bible Society distributed over 900,000 Bibles in 1864

confederate general that continue to preach after the war as an ordained minister

The president of the Confederate States of America

Put in command of the Union forces in the west and is best known for his brutal march to the sea

Freedman who helped to revolutionize Southern Agriculture and best-known teacher at Tuskegee Institute

the end of reconstruction officially ended in what year

A key Confederate port that was captured by Union Admiral David Farragut

Northern politicians who Moved South after the war to take advantage of political opportunity were called Scalawags

the 14th amendment was signed in what year

Major battle in the union capture of Western Tennessee was the battle of

The National Banking Act encourage Banks to buy war bonds and provided for a uniform banking system

A major Union defeat at the hands of Lee and Jackson in December of 1862 where the South used a stone wall for cover

System where plantation owners divided land with former slaves, Merchants provided supplies is called sharecropping

The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War?

How many states declared secession

Union paper currency backed with nothing but the Union's promise to redeem them was called Union backs

Amnesty Act restored political rights to most of those who had cooperated with the Confederacy

The term to indicate that the South voted steadily Democratic for many years was called Consistent South

The Sanitary Commission cared for soldiers and was the forerunner for the American Red Cross

The capital of the Confederacy was what city ?

Founded Howard Theological Seminary for African-Americans after the Civil War

most notable Confederate Warship built in a British Shipyard was the CSS Alabama

promoted that the Confederate states that seceded, bringing them back into the Union was under Congress’s jurisdiction

This permanently abolish slavery in lands under US jurisdiction was the 13th Amemdment

Freedmen's Aid Society setup in order to provide education for freedmen

Battles that were fought in Virginia were