VUS 7 CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION

What region of the country was left devastated after the war?

"With malice towards none, with charity for all... to bind up the nation's wounds..." said

This amendment prohibited states from denying equal rights under the law to anyone

This group pushed for tough reconstruction and placing the south under military control

This July 1863 battle is seen as the turning point in the war

What document freed the slaves in the southern states?

This general ultimately led the Union to victory after several other generals failed.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired here

Who became president after Lincoln's death?

This former slave was an abolitionist who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves into the army

Confederate general who opposed secession, won a lot & urged southerners to accept defeat

This was the site where Lee surrendered to Grant 4/9/1865

Lincoln issued that Emancipation Proclamation following this Union victory

This amendment guarantees the right to vote regardless or race or previous servitude (slavery)

What agreement led to the end of military rule in the South & election of Rutheford B Hayes

"to preserve the union as nation of the people, by the people & for the people" quote from

The publication of this document discouraged foreign help in the war on the south's side

This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

Whose election in 1860 led to the succession of southern states from the Union?