Robert E. Lee
Anaconda Plan
Eventual leader of the
Union Armies in the
Civil War. Captured
Vicksburg and pursued
Lee’s Army
relentlessly in 1865 to
end the war.
Presidential statement that
officially freed all slaves
that are being held in
enemy territory in the Civil
War. Designed to give the
war a higher purpose and to
keep Britain from entering
the war.
Union General who led
the march through
the South in 1864
destroying several
southern cities
including Atlanta.
“War is Hell”
Emancipation
Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Ulysses S. Grant
Type of farmer who
rents land and
supplies from the
landowner.
William Tecumseh
Sherman
Confederacy
Became President
when Lincoln was
assassinated. Was
first President to be
impeached, but was
not found guilty.
Method of farming
where the farmer has to
give up so much of the
crop as payment for the
land and supplies they
used to farm the land
with. This system
replaced the system of
slavery in the south.
Reconstruction agency
formed to help war torn
areas of the south and
to help former slaves
adjust to their new lives.
Established many
schools for former
slaves.
Andrew Johnson
Tenant Farmer
Sharecropping
--- Bureau
Freedman’s
Amendment that
defines citizenship and
equal protection of the
law.
Amendment that gave
voting rights to all
men.
A term given to a
southerner who
agreed with or
sympathized with
Northern views of
Reconstruction.
Northerners who
came to the south to
implement the policies
of Reconstruction.
Top Confederate
General who often
times took command of
half of Lee’s army to
outmaneuver the larger
Union forces. Was
killed accidentally at
Chancellorsville.
Assassinated Abraham
Lincoln. Was a
Confederate
sympathizer.
Amendment that
banned slavery.
13th Amendment
Turning point battle
of the Civil War in
July, 1863 in
Pennsylvania. Lee was
defeated by George
Meade’s Union Army.
John Wilkes Booth
Plan of the Union leaders
to cut the Confederacy
into two parts and cut
off all trade with other
nations. Accomplished by
a Union blockade and the
fall of Vicksburg in
1863.
Gettysburg
Short speech by
Abraham Lincoln to
dedicate a battlefield
cemetery in Nov. 1863.
Talked about the will
of the people to finish
the great task
remaining before us.
Leader of the
Confederate forces in
the Civil War. Won
several battles
despite being
outnumbered in every
battle.
Stonewall Jackson
Name of the 11
southern states who
seceded.
Deal made so that
Rutherford Hayes wins
the electoral college,
and the result was the
removal of troops from
the south, which ended
Reconstruction.
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Compromise of 1877
Laws passed during and
after Reconstruction
that officially
segregated the races in
the north and south.
Name of the two
railroads that
completed the first
transcontinental
railroad in 1869?
Indian battle in 1876
where George Custer
and his men were
defeated by The
Sioux Indians led by
Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull.
Indian leader of the Nez
Perce Indians who
avoided capture for
several years by evading
the army on a 1000 mile
journey. Surrendered
and said he would “fight
no more forever.”
Last of the Indian
battles. Occurred in S.D.
where 200 Sioux were
massacred by the Army
after a small altercation.
Event spurred on by the
emerging Ghost Dance
movement.
This was the process
of taking cattle to the
nearest railroad
station in order to get
them to Northern
cities. Usually took
several weeks.
Abandoned mining
town after a strike
had gone bust.
Stories of adventure
and success read by
many people across the
nation. Led to the great
myths surrounding
much of the time
period.
Dime Novels
Little Bighorn
Chief Joseph
Cattle Drive
Ghost Town
Union Pacific and
Central Pacific
Type of frontier
house that would have
been used by many of
the first settlers on
the Great Plains.
Wounded Knee
Sod House
Jim Crow Laws
Law that gave Indian
families 160 acres of
land. Tried to
assimilate Indians
into the mainstream
culture by giving
individual ownership
of land.
Dawes Act