TN in the Civil War Era

After the war, Tennessee and much of the South were in ruins. 

This battle boosted Northern morale and gave them a much needed victory over the South.

Which of the three grand divisions of Tennessee had small farms and the fewest slaves?

What battle led to the end of the Civil War in Tennessee?

What was Reconstruction?

What law did Tennessee’s new state constitution put into place to prevent black Tennesseans from voting?

What is the significance of the battle of Franklin?

The act of separating, especially when applied to separating people by race.

Breaking away from a country or organization.

What goals did the Ku Klux Klan want to achieve?

During Reconstruction Congress passed the 15th Amendment that gave voting rights to all black men and women

How did the end of Reconstruction affect Tennessee’s African-American elected officials?

More people would die in the Civil War than in any previous American war. 

Why was Tennessee the last state to join the Confederacy?

What right did the 13th Amendment secure for African Americans?

Which is a challenge that Southern civilians suffered during the war?

Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau created?

The Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1870 created this tax to control who was allowed to vote.

. Why were the captures of Fort Donelson and Fort Henry important victories for the Union?

Which of the three grand divisions of Tennessee had large plantations and the most slaves?

These laws allowed discrimination in public places by keeping black and white people separated.

This is when someone owns another person.

This Amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

Black Codes were made to help former slaves become independent

This school was created and funded by the Freedman’s Bureau .