MS Studies-Secession, Civil War, and Reconstruction

___, from ___,  was the President of the Confederate States of America.

___ won the presidential Election of 1860.  

Which of the following slave states did not secede from the United States?

Where were the first shots the Civil War fired?

True or False-The Republican Party controlled Mississippi for a 100 years after the Civil War. 

The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 

What high ranking Confederate officer was killed at Shiloh?

True or False-Grant's first terms after the Battle of Vicksburg were unconditional surrender.

True or False-The Confederates won the Battle of Shiloh.  

Casualties are

The Black Codes, which regulated freedmen's lives, stated

The Lyceum at Ole Miss was used as

What tactic did Uylsses S. Grant use to eventually force Pemberton to surrender Vicksburg?

__-principle that the rights of states should prevail over the rights of the federal government

The ___ overshadowed the Union's major victory in Vicksburg in July 1863.

_ issued the _ on January 1, 1863-freeing slaves in states still in rebellion.  

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 

According to Presidential Reconstruction, 

The siege of Vicksburg lasted for ___.

The most significant gain during Reconstruction in MS was 

The 1868 MS Constitution gave African Americans 

True or False-Approximately 186,000 former slaves served in the U.S. army during the Civil War.

The two eras of Reconstruction were ___.

Which of the following was NOT a potential reward for capturing Vicksburg?

True or False-In the 1860 presidential election, Democrats supported Abraham Lincoln.

___ was the first state to secede from the Union.  

When did Pemberton officially surrender Vicksburg?

The Civil War officially ended on ___.

Mississippi officially seceded from the Union on ___.

The Shoe String District 

__- a tactic where armies try to capture a fort/town by surrounding it and cutting off supplies