Chapter 9 and 10 Civil War and Reconstruction VocabVocab

town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War

nicknamed the"angel of the battlefield" for her acts as an army nurse, founded the Red Cros

a speech made by Lincoln inspiring the nation that the abolition of slavery was worth the fight

The Civil War took place from 

a plan created to prevent the South from getting the supplies they needed for the war

Southerners' belief that British/French demand for cotton make countries to support them in war

a war between two groups of citizens of the same country

the march of total destruction that Sherman and the Northern army took through GA

northerners who came south to help the blacks during Reconstruction

one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history where the Confederates retreated and lost.

someone who wanted to end slavery

Defined limited rights of enslaved African Americans and punishments slaves recieve

Confederate General helped the Confederates win Bull Run and lost an arm at Chancelorsville

President during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation

compulsory drafting of people to war

a war in which civilians are also targeted in order to hurt the economic system of the enemy

President after Lincoln was assassinated, Vice President under Abraham Lincoln

a statement made by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were free

term used to describe the Northern and Western states that fought against the Confederacy,

Secretary of State under Lincoln who was responsible for purchasing Alaskan Territory from Russia.

the day that the enslaved people in Texas learned that they were free

Reconstruction was period of time when the southern states were restored to the Union and the NORTH was rebuilt

commander of the Confederate army

a family signed a contract with a landowner who gave the family a piece of land to farm and also a share of the profits

The battles that changed the course of the war in favor of the North

The commander of the Union army

stated that a man could vote without a literacy test if his grandfather had voted before 1867

Military post in Charleston, fired on by Confederates on April 12, 1861 starting the Civil War

the first major battle of the war which ended with a victory for the South

one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history where the Confederates retreated and lost.

Chosen as the president of the Confederacy by the Confederate Convention.

violent confrontation in 1856 between proslavery and antislavery forces in the state of Kansas

white southerners who helped blacks

group of 11 Southern states that seceded, or broke away, from the United States

To break away from a country