US History GA Milestone Review - Civil War Era

Lincoln used his emergency powers to issue this decree that freed some slaves - not others.

This amendment to the Constitution removed restrictions on voting based on race or color

Constitutional right of prisoners that was suspended by President Lincoln during the Civil War.

He was appointed General-In-Chief of Confederate Army

After capturing Atlanta, his “March to the Sea” through Georgia ended with the fall of Savannah

This 1854 Supreme Court decision ruled that no African American could ever be a U.S. citizen

Reconstruction plan begun by Pres Lincoln attempted to restore Southern states to the Union

Deadliest Battle of the Civil War

Led raid on Harper's Ferry;  resorted to violence against proslavery settlers in Kansas.

Amendment to Constitution defined U.S. citizenship = all persons born in the United States

He was instrumental in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname

This 1854 act repealed the Missouri Compromise and gave settlers right to decide free or slave.

This battle on Northern soil resulted in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.

The President of the Confederate States of America

He was instrumental (and nicknamed) in the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run

 When people in territories choose for themselves to be a free or slave state

By war’s end he was Commanding General of all Union armies - later elected President twice

This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States

Address by President Lincoln considered one of the greatest speeches in the English language.

Elected president in 1860, he would hold office throughout the Civil War. Assassinated in 1865.