MONDAY Make Flash Cards for Each Term 1.abolition- refers to the act of putting an end to something by law( i.e. slavery) 2.popular sovereignty- the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), 3.Antietam- The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, near Antietam Creek was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.Antietam CreekAmerican Civil WarAmerican history 4.Emancipation Proclamation- presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion, [2] excluding areas controlled by the Unionpresidential proclamationexecutive order Abraham Lincoln [2]

TUESDAY Make Flash Cards for Each Term 1.Gettysburg- July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war [7] and is often described as the war's turning point. [GettysburgUnion ConfederateAmerican Civil War [7]turning point [ 2.Chickamauga- September 19–20, 1863, [1] marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia [1]UnionTennesseeGeorgia 3.Union Blockade- a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading.United StatesConfederacy 4.William Sherman- He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865.GeneralUnion ArmyAmerican Civil WarAtlantamarch through GeorgiaCarolinas

WEDNESDAY Make Flash Cards for Each Term 1.Andersonville- From February 1864 until the end of the American Civil War ( ) in April 1865, Andersonville, Georgia, served as the site of a notorious Confederate military prison. In all, approximately 13,000 Union prisoners perished at Andersonville.. 2.King Cotton diplomacy- diplomatic methods employed by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce the United Kingdom and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.the ConfederacyAmerican Civil WarUnited KingdomFrancecottonembargo 3.Freedman’s Bureau a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed freedmen (freed slaves) during the Reconstruction era of the United States. -U.S. federal governmentagencyfreedmenslavesReconstruction era of the United States 4.Sharecropping -system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land.

THURSDAY Make Flash Cards for Each Term 1.Tenant farming -agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management; while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and managementblack codeagricultural production system 2.carpetbagger An immigrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861u20135, especially one who went South to gain political influence; 3.scalawag a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest) 4.monopoly a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

FRIDAY Make Flash Cards for Each Term 1.crop lien- Sharecroppers and tenant farmers who did not own the land they worked obtained supplies and food on credit from local merchants. They held a lien on the cotton crop and the merchants and landowners were the first ones paid from its sale. What was left over went to the farmer th amendmentabolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.slaveryinvoluntary servitudeas punishment for a crime 3.14 th amendmentAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside 4.15 th amendment-granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."