Civil War and Reconstruction

Seventeenth president and the first to be impeached

This amendment stated that "the right of citizens... to vote shall not be infringed."

Reconstruction of the Southern States by Radical Republicans

Granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, or those naturalized

Union General that won the Civil War

This kept the balance between slave and free states, and also admitted Maine as a free state.

President of the Confederate States of America

Robert E. Lee surrendered here to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865

Act that allowed the government to survey Native American land and redistribute it to them.

When a part of the country rises up against the rest of the country.

This city's siege finished the second part of the "Anaconda Plan;" 

Speech that a President gives when he is sworn in.

Formally abolished slavery in the United States

American abolitionist that raided Harpers Ferry.

This created the states of Kansas and Nebraska.

The act of giving someone their freedom.

Fought for the Union and was the first African-American recipient of the Medal of Honor.

From Mississippi; first African-American Senator; took Jefferson Davis's former seat

When a state declares a Federal law void.

This is where a navy positions its ships to keep goods from coming in or going out.

One of the best conductors of the Underground Railroad

Compromise that brought in California as a free state, got rid of slavery in DC, and inacted a strict fugitive slave law

American abolitionist who was in favor of "immediate emancipation."

American abolitionist who escaped slavery and spoke at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.

First major Civil War battle to be fought in the North; Union victory

Turning point of the Civil War; stopped Robert E. Lee's advance north

Signed by Abraham Lincoln; Freed slaves in states still in the Union.

Supreme Court decision that slaves were not freed when they traveled to a free state.

When both sides decide to meet in the middle.

White Northerners that moved to the South during Reconstruction

American abolitionist that escaped slavery and was a great orator.

This is the term when people think that their state is more important than the whole country.

When states assert their rights before the federal government's.

Act signed in 1857 that granted land to form agricultural and mechanical colleges in states

Large farm in the Southern United States that uses slave labor and relies on one cash crop.

General of Confederate forces. Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

When someone is running from the law.

Let settlers to claim 160 acres of land after five years of ownership and improvement 

What is it called when a state separates itself from the rest of the nation?

Sixteenth President, signed the Emancipation Proclamation and delivered the Gettysburg Address.

First shot of the Civil War fired here in April 1861

Fought for the Union and was the first Chilean recipient of the Medal of Honor

White Southerners who sided with the North during Reconstruction and after the Civil War.

Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"