25 Civil War Vocab Words
Gettysburg
3 day battle in Pennsylvania; turning point in war and most deadly Civil War battle
Solid South
South votes democrat for next 90 years after Civil War
Antietam
battle in Maryland; deadliest single day in Civil War
Richmond
capital of Confederacy
Compromise of 1877
ended Reconstruction
literacy test
exams given in order to vote
Bull Run
first battle of Civil War
13th Amendment
freed the slaves
14th Amendment
gave freedmen citizenship
15th Amendment
gave freedmen the right to vote
Robert E. Lee
leader of the Confederate army
conscription
military draft
Minie ball
new type of bullet made out of soft lead
Jefferson Davis
president of Confederacy during Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
president of the United States during Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
said all Southern slaves are free
Jim Crow Laws
segregation laws
abolitionist
someone who wants to abolish or get rid of slavery
copperheads
southern supporters in North
poll tax
tax on voters
scalawags
white southerners who supported the north
secede
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
Lincoln's Plan
10% plan; didn't want to punish South
Clara Barton
Civil War nurse that went on to found the American Red Cross
greenbacks
Union money