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Civil War

History: Civil War and Reconstruction

QuestionAnswer
abolitionist A person who believed slavery was wrong and worked to end it
Booth President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes ____ on April 14, 1865.
Bureau The Freedmen’s ____ was set up by Congress to help all who were homeless and without jobs because of the war.
carpetbagger A Northerner who went to the South after the war to help rebuild it
fifteenth The ____ amendment gave former slaves the right to vote.
fourteenth The ____ amendment made former slaves citizens.
Gettysburg The turning point of the Civil War was the 1863 Battle of ____ in Pennsylvania.
leaders At the end of the Civil War, ____ of both the North and South encouraged forgiveness.
military The main advantage of the South during the Civil War was its many ____ leaders.
money Many carpetbaggers and scalawags were dishonest and had no concern for the South, wanting only to make ____ for themselves.
Monitor The first battle of ironclad ships took place during the Civil War between the ____ of the North and the Merrimac of the South.
North The ____ had many advantages during the Civil War: more people, more money, more railroads, and more factories.
Radicals Northern leaders of Congress who believed the South should be punished for the Civil War
scalawag A Southerner who supported the Radicals in Congress
Scott The Dred ____ Decision by the Supreme Court angered the North and delighted the South.
secede South Carolina, the first state to ____ from the Union, did so three months before President Lincoln took the oath of office.
Sumter The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort ____ in South Carolina.
thirteenth The ____ amendment put an end to slavery.
Union Lincoln’s main goal was to save the ____.
voting Members of the Ku Klux Klan used violence to keep blacks, scalawags, and carpetbaggers from ____ and holding office.
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