Civil War Vocab #2

15th Amendment

A speech given by President Lincoln at a famous battle site where he reaffirmed the goals of the Union

14th Amendment

A secret society with the goal of promoting white supremacy and blocking African Americans from exercising their rights

A system in which a farmer tends to a portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crop

Became president after the assassination of Lincoln. First President to be impeached.

A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction

Radical Republicans

State laws passed throughout the South to enforce racial segregation of public facilities

A presidential order that freed slaves in Union-held territory in states that had seceded from the Union

Stephen Douglas position that neither states or territories were empowered to make slavery illegal

Site of Lee's Surrender to Grant

In order to be successful on my upcoming Unit Assessment, I am going to

Laws that restricted African Americans' rights and opportunities

Regiments of African American men who served on the western front

Communication from U.S diplomats supporting the seizure of Cuba from Spain

13th Amendment

A Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War