Civil War & Reconstruction

The Emancipation Proclamation

• made slavery legal

• destroyed the Death Star

• ended slavery in the Confederate states

• ended slavery only in the North

Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

• 95th

• 13th

• 14th

• 15th

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?

• Bull Run

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Gettysburg

• Stark Tower

What does secede mean?

• withdraw (leave) formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political organization

• compulsory recruitment for military service

• the right to vote in political elections

• to be arrested in Gotham City

Sherman's March to the Sea was famous because

• He captured Atlanta, which was the capital of the Confederacy.

• His use of scorched earth policy (equating to total war)

• Atlanta was in the North and had been captured by the South

• He failed

Black Codes were created to

• provide farmland for former slaves

• guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans

• Support the Freedman's Bureau

• Restrict the rights of newly freed Black people

Who was Jefferson Davis?

• an escaped slave who became a huge activist, author and public speaker fighting to end slavery

• commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

• an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865

• the 16th president of the United States

The New York Draft Riots were all of the following EXCEPT

• The rioters were largely White, working-class men

• A reaction Ariana Grande's "Thank You, Next"

• From the fear of Black people competing for work

• Were a reaction to wealthy men being able to pay their way out of the draft

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

• provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

• gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

• provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

• get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

Why would the South think that England would join their side?

• England needed sugar from Southern plantations (aka Queen Sugar)

• Britain still supported slavery

• Canada was on the Brink of War with the North

• England needed Southern Cotton (aka King Cotton)