Civil War and Reconstruction Overview

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Match the following individuals with their corresponding roles or actions during the Civil War:

Stonewall Jackson = Confederate general Ulysses S. Grant = Union general at Shiloh Frederick Douglass = Abolitionist orator Andrew Foote = Union general who captured Fort Henry

Match the following terms with their definitions related to the Civil War:

Casualties = People killed or wounded in battle Emancipation Proclamation = Document freeing enslaved people in rebel-held territories Ironclad ship = Type of warship used in naval battles Mississippi River control = Strategic goal for dividing Confederate states

Match the battles or events with their outcomes or significance:

Battle of Shiloh = Union/North won Capture of Fort Henry = Achieved by Ulysses S. Grant & Andrew Foote Emancipation Proclamation = Freed enslaved persons in rebel territories Mississippi River control = Disrupted Confederate supply lines

Match the historical figures with their significant actions during the Civil War:

Lincoln = Used wartime powers to free enslaved people Frederick Douglass = Advocated for abolition Ulysses S. Grant = Led Union forces at Shiloh Stonewall Jackson = Fought as a Confederate general Signup and view all the answers

Match the legislative or constitutional aspects with their related context during the Civil War:

Lincoln's wartime authority = Taking property from an enemy Emancipation Proclamation = Rights related to slavery and freedom Battle of Shiloh = Resulted in heavy casualties Control of Mississippi River = Military advantage strategy Signup and view all the answers

Match the following ships or technologies with their names:

Merrimack = Ironclad ship Monitor = Countered the Merrimack Virginia = Another name for the Merrimack Alabama = Notable Confederate warship Signup and view all the answers

Match the following Civil War concepts with their explanations:

Abolitionist = One who opposes slavery Casualties = Total of killed and wounded Ironclad ship = Steam-propelled warship armored with iron Fort Henry = Significant capture by Union forces Signup and view all the answers

Match the influential figures with the relevant events or actions:

Ulysses S. Grant = Union general at Shiloh Stonewall Jackson = Famous Confederate commander Frederick Douglass = Voice for emancipation and equality Andrew Foote = Co-led capture of Fort Henry Signup and view all the answers

Match each individual to their associated political party or role during the 1860 election:

Abraham Lincoln = Republican Party Stephen Douglass = Northern Democratic Party Breckinridge = Southern Democratic Party Jefferson Davis = President of the Confederate States Signup and view all the answers

Match the military events with their significant outcomes:

Attack on Fort Sumter = Starting point of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg = Major Union victory Surrender at Appomattox Court House = End of the Civil War Vicksburg = Union control of the Mississippi River Signup and view all the answers

Match the advantages with the respective sides during the Civil War:

Union = Larger population Confederacy = Home territory advantage Signup and view all the answers

Match the reasons for secession with their descriptions:

States' rights = Right to control own affairs Economic interests = Agricultural economy reliant on slavery Cultural differences = Separate social structures Fear of federal control = Concern over loss of autonomy Signup and view all the answers

Match the battles or campaigns to their corresponding generals:

Battle of Chancellorsville = Stonewall Jackson Battle of Gettysburg = General Meade Vicksburg Campaign = Ulysses S. Grant Total War Strategy = William Tecumseh Sherman Signup and view all the answers

Match the nickname to the corresponding side in the Civil War:

Yankees = Northern soldiers Rebels = Southern soldiers Bluecoats = Union army soldiers Grays = Confederate army soldiers Signup and view all the answers

Match the Civil War concepts with their definitions:

Anaconda Plan = Union strategy to capture Richmond Charity of War = Support for soldiers' families Attrition = Strategy to exhaust enemy forces Civilian Draft = Enforcement of military enlistment Signup and view all the answers

Match the key figures to their contributions during the Civil War:

Abraham Lincoln = Delivered the Gettysburg Address George Pickett = Led charge at Cemetery Ridge Robert E. Lee = Confederate General Jefferson Davis = Presidential role in Confederacy Signup and view all the answers

Match the terms with their relevant historical context:

54th Massachusetts Regiment = Demonstrated African American bravery Secession = Withdrawal from the Union Fort Sumter = First conflict of the Civil War Gettysburg Address = Speech emphasizing unity and freedom Signup and view all the answers

Match the following historical figures with their accomplishments:

Eli Whitney = Invented the cotton gin Cyrus McCormick = Invented the mechanical reaper Samuel Morse = Invented a series of dots and dashes for telegraphs John Deere = Invented the steel-tipped plow Signup and view all the answers

Match the following terms with their definitions:

Famine = An extreme shortage of food Prejudice = Unfair opinions Trade unions = Organization of workers with the same skills Discrimination = Unfair treatment of a group Signup and view all the answers

Match the following groups with their characteristics:

Nativists = Opposed to immigration Yeomen = Largest group of whites in the South owning small farms Tenant farmers = Rented land or worked hard for landlords Field Hands = Most enslaved people on plantations Signup and view all the answers

Match the following inventions with their impact on society:

Mechanical Reaper = Made growing wheat more profitable Erie Canal = Opened new shipping routes by connecting lakes and rivers Steam locomotive = Changed river travel with faster transportation Sewing machine = Revolutionized clothing production Signup and view all the answers

Match the following events with their outcomes:

The Great Potato Famine = Caused many Irish immigrants to come to the U.S. Nat Turner’s Rebellion = Led to stricter slave codes in the South The formation of trade unions = Brought attention to workers' rights The introduction of the cotton gin = Increased cotton processing significantly Signup and view all the answers

Match the following individuals with their historical significance:

Robert Fulton = Had a steamboat called the Clermont Peter Cooper = Built the first U.S. steam locomotive Harriet Tubman = Led many enslaved to freedom Joseph Reid Anderson = Associated with Tredegar Iron Works Signup and view all the answers

Match the following economic concepts with their descriptions:

Credit = A form of loan Capital = Money to invest in businesses Fixed costs = Regular expenses Agriculture = Main source of income for the South Signup and view all the answers

Match the following regions with their primary crops:

Deep South = Grew sugarcane Upper South = Produced tobacco Midwest = Famous for wheat production Southeast = Mainly cultivated cotton Signup and view all the answers

Match the following groups/organizations with their goals:

Know-Nothing Party = Wanted to decrease immigration Lowell Female Labor Reform Organization = Fought for women's labor rights American Party = Formed to oppose immigration Underground Railroad = Network to help enslaved persons escape Signup and view all the answers

Match the following statistics with their meanings:

One-third = Percentage of Southern plantations enslaved in 1860 About one-half = Percentage of nonslaveholding whites in the South 300 miles = Distance a clipper ship could travel in a day The Tom Thumb = Name of a famous steam-powered locomotive Signup and view all the answers

Match the following Civil War figures with their roles:

Stonewall Jackson = Confederate general Ulysses S. Grant = Union general at Shiloh Frederick Douglass = Abolitionist orator Mary Edwards Walker = First female Union army surgeon Signup and view all the answers

Match the following Civil War events with their outcomes:

Battle of Shiloh = Union victory Capture of New Orleans = Loss of key port for Confederacy First Battle of Bull Run = Longer than expected war Emancipation Proclamation = Freed enslaved people in rebel territories Signup and view all the answers

Match the following women with their roles during the Civil War:

Clara Barton = Nurse Dorothea Dix = Nurse and Superintendent Sally Tompkins = Only female officer in the Confederate army Rose Greenhow = Southern spy Signup and view all the answers

Match the following battles with their significance:

Battle of Antietam = Failed to gain European support for Confederacy Battle of Shiloh = Showed the high cost of war Battle of Bull Run = Indicated a protracted conflict ahead Capture of New Orleans = Blow to Confederate supply lines Signup and view all the answers

Match the following locations with their descriptions:

Elmira = Union prisoner of war camp in New York Andersonville = Confederate prisoner of war camp Merrimack = Ironclad ship Mississippi River = Key strategic waterway during the war Signup and view all the answers

Match the following statistics with their contexts:

50% = Percentage of children not attending school for work Diseases = Most common reason for prisoner deaths Union/North = Winner of the Battle of Shiloh Civil War = War most fought on Southern soil Signup and view all the answers

Match the following amendments or acts with their effects:

Emancipation Proclamation = Freed enslaved individuals in rebel areas Constitutional right during wartime = To take property from the enemy Draft = Selection system for military service Greenbacks = Another name for Northern paper money Signup and view all the answers

Match the following individuals with their contributions or characteristics:

Andrew Foote = Union general at Fort Henry Women = Took over factory and farm jobs during war Mary Edwards Walker = Received Congressional Medal of Honor Inflation = Related to economic decline in money value Signup and view all the answers

Match the following events with their reactions:

Suspension of habeas corpus = Concerns about Union citizen safety New York City draft riots = Reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation Civil War fighting on Southern land = Greater impact on daily life in the South Union control of the Mississippi = To disrupt Confederate supply lines Signup and view all the answers

Match the event to its significance:

Lee's attack at Gettysburg = Win French and British support as allies Thirteenth Amendment = Banned slavery in the United States Appomattox Courthouse = Provided food for starving Rebel soldiers Union control of the Mississippi River = Splitting the South in two Signup and view all the answers

Match the individual to their contribution:

Sojourner Truth = Speaker in the abolition movement William Lloyd Garrison = Founded The Liberator Frederick Douglass = Powerful abolitionist speaker and newspaper editor Angelina Grimke = Southerner against slavery Signup and view all the answers

Match the action to its consequence:

Fugitive Slave Act = Increased abolitionist activities in the North California's application as a free state = Compromise of 1850 John Brown's raid = Some considered him a hero Abolitionist movement shift in the 1830s = Demanding immediate freedom for enslaved people Signup and view all the answers

Match the term to its definition:

Abolitionists = People who opposed slavery and worked to end it Underground Railroad = Network of escape routes for slaves Bleeding Kansas = Violent clashes between abolitionists and supporters of slavery American Colonization Society = Effort to resettle free African Americans in Africa Signup and view all the answers

Match the person to their fate or action:

Elijah Lovejoy = Killed by angry whites at his newspaper office Sarah and Angelina Grimke = First women to speak out publicly against slavery General Grant = Accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Union troops = Gained control of the Mississippi River Signup and view all the answers

Match the reaction to the event:

Northern views toward slavery post-Fugitive Slave Act = Increased abolitionist activities Response to Garrison's publication = Fiery editorials and articles denouncing slavery Compromise of 1850 outcome = Californian free state application Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling = Extended rights of slaveholders into free states Signup and view all the answers

Match the concept to its description:

Sisters against slavery = Sarah and Angelina Grimke Abolitionist reaction to John Brown = Varied opinions on his heroism Underground Railroad conductor = Moving runaways safely from station to station Majority of white Northerners' view = Opposition to abolition due to fears of assimilation Signup and view all the answers

Match the notable actions to their outcomes:

Lee's tactics = Attempt to gain external support during the war Passing of the Thirteenth Amendment = Legal end of slavery in the U.S. General Grant's actions = Humanitarian aid to Confederate soldiers post-surrender Kansas nickname = Reflecting violent conflict over slavery Signup and view all the answers

Match the concept with its relevant legislation or action:

Abolition movement's change = Shifted to immediate freedom demands William Lloyd Garrison's influence = Steering public opinion with The Liberator Fugitive Slave Act consequences = Enforcement of slaveholder rights in free areas Mississippi River control = Strategic victory for the Union Signup and view all the answers

Match the historical figure to their alignment or outcome:

Sojourner Truth = Inspiring speaker for abolition Frederick Douglass = Leader among escaped slaves advocating for civil rights Elijah Lovejoy = Martyr for freedom of the press Angelina Grimke = Challenger of Southern norms regarding slavery Signup and view all the answers

Match the reformers or groups with their areas of reform or contributions:

Lyman Beecher = Temperance movement Horace Mann = Education Dorothea Dix = Prison and mental health reform Lucretia Mott = Women's rights Signup and view all the answers

Match the amendments with their descriptions:

13th Amendment = Banned slavery 14th Amendment = Equal protection under the law 15th Amendment = Voting rights regardless of race 19th Amendment = Women granted the right to vote Signup and view all the answers

Match the historical figures with their roles or contributions:

Thomas Gallaudet = Opened the Hartford School for the Deaf Samuel G Howe = Headed the Perkins Institute for the visually impaired Elizabeth Cady Stanton = Organized the Seneca Falls Convention Frederick Douglass = Abolitionist and advocate for women's rights Signup and view all the answers

Match the terms with their meanings:

Utopias = Communities based on idealistic vision Camp meetings = Religious gatherings attracting many Slave Codes = Laws governing enslaved people Ku Klux Klan = White supremacist group Signup and view all the answers

Match the individuals with their associated rights movements:

Sojourner Truth = Gender and racial equality Sarah Anthony = Co-education and temperance Lucretia Mott = Women’s rights Dorthea Dix = Mental health reform Signup and view all the answers

Match the historical events with their timelines:

1619 = First enslaved Africans brought to America 1868 = Ulysses S. Grant won the election 1920 = 19th Amendment passed 1854 = Formation of the Republican Party Signup and view all the answers

Match the actions with the individuals associated with them:

Lincoln’s plan = 10% oath and new state constitutions Radical Republicans = Demanded stricter measures for Reconstruction Andrew Johnson = Vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 Congress = Overrode Johnson’s veto Signup and view all the answers

Match the groups or acts with their purposes:

Freedmen's Bureau = Helping African Americans adjust post-slavery The Tenure of Office Act = Preventing presidents from removing officials 1st Reconstruction Act = Military governance of Southern states Civil Rights Act of 1866 = Protecting African Americans' rights Signup and view all the answers

Match the historical figures with their roles during Reconstruction:

Ulysses S. Grant = Republican who won the election of 1868 Abraham Lincoln = Assassinated president during Reconstruction Radical Republicans = Called for tougher policies during Reconstruction Andrew Johnson = President who differed from Lincoln's plan Signup and view all the answers

Match the different forms of discrimination with their objectives:

Slave Codes = Preventing enslaved people from voting The Civil Rights Act of 1866 = Granting citizenship and rights The 13th Amendment = Ending slavery The 14th Amendment = Equal protection under law Signup and view all the answers

Match the two sides in the political spectrum with their positions:

Republican Party = Opposed the expansion of slavery Democrat Party = Supported states' rights regarding slavery Radical Republicans = Advocated severe measures for Reconstruction Moderate Republicans = Preferred a more lenient approach Signup and view all the answers

Match the important concepts with their definitions:

Amnesty = A pardon for crimes during the war Co-education = Education of both genders together Tempérance = Movement against alcohol consumption Reconstruction = The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Casualties

A term used to describe people who are killed or wounded in a conflict.

Ironclad Ship

A military tactic in which a ship is encased in iron plating, making it resistant to cannon fire.

Habeas Corpus

A legal right that prevents the government from imprisoning people without proper legal grounds.

Draft

A system of mandatory enlistment into military service. During the Civil War, it was often seen as unfair and led to protests.