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