Civil War - Chapter 17 Review

What state was the first to secede from the Union?

What made ending slavery a goal of the Civil War?

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

Who was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?

Who was the Confederate General who was shot by his own men?

What segregated blacks and whites in places such as schools, theatres, playgrounds, and hospitals?

Who was the Union General in charge of the western front who later became President of the United States?

A 1954 Supreme Court ruling that ended segregation and required integration in schools.

What honored fallen soldiers and noted many American ideals?

Word meaning to set free.

States that had slaves but stayed in the Union.

The new state created during the Civil War joined the Union.

What was the most famous of the African American regiments during the Civil War?

Who was the Union General in charge of the eastern front until he was fired for his cautious, slow actions?

1896 Supreme Court ruling that made segregation legal.

What state was created due to the Civil War?

Term meaning to bring forward formal charges against the President or other elected official.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the North before the war began?

What granted all male citizens the right to vote?

What President was impeached because Congress was afraid he wouldn't carry out their plan for Reconstruction?

Who became President after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

Term meaning to destroy everything that might be useful to the enemy.

What battle marked the turning point of the Civil War?

Freed slaves in states still in rebellion.

Lincoln's main goal of the Civil War was what?

What banned slavery?

Who murdered Abraham Lincoln during a play?

Former slaves worked as ___________ for part of the crops after the Civil War.

The term for requiring voters to read and explain a difficult part of the Constitution.

The term for payments required to be able to vote.

What granted citizenship and equal protection to all people born in the U.S.?

The time period and plan to rebuild the South after the Civil War.

Which is NOT a reason why the Civil War was more deadly than all future wars combined?

Who was the President during the beginning of Reconstruction?

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

What was Grant's plan for the North to end the Civil War?

Most of the good generals fought for the ________ because they had gone to _______.

What allowed people to vote without taking the literacy test if their father or grandfather was able to vote?

The new nation formed by the southern states when they seceded.

Which of the following was NOT apart of the original three-part strategy of the North in the Civil War?

What was the group created that used violence against African Americans to keep them from voting?

What was the capital of the Union?