1. Pippin Ch.6 Civil War and Reconstruction By Matthew Pippin

2. Pippin Bloodiest battle of the Civil War Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) 20,000 soldiers died

3. Pippin Bloodiest one day battle in the history of U.S Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862 Battle plans of south had fallen into the hands of Northern soldiers.

4. Pippin After a victory at this battle, the Union gained control of the Mississippi River. Battle of Vicksburg May 15-July 4, 1863

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6. Battle that marked the turning point of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg South no longer had the ability to launch an offensive into the Union territory

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8. March made during civil war that destroyed everything in a 60 mile wide path from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Atlanta, to Savannah, Georgia. Sherman’s March to the Sea. May- December, 1864 The brutal destruction of southern towns created bitterness between North and South that exists to some degree today.

9. Pippin Site where Lee surrendered to Grand ending the Civil War Appomattox Courthouse April 9,1865

10. Pippin Guarantees that a person can not be imprisoned without appearing in court. Right of Habeas Corpus Lincoln suspended it in Maryland to stop confederate support there.

11. Pippin Act that said that anyone who agreed to cultivate 160 acres of land for five years would own it. Homestead Act of 1862 Greatly increased the settlement of the west.

12. Pippin Act that allotted each state thousands of acres that was used to fund one public university Morrill Land Grant Act

13. Pippin Proclamation that freed the slaves in the Confederate States, wile maintaining slavery in the border states. Emancipation Proclamation Done to give civil war a moral focus beyond saving the union

14. Pippin Amendment that abolished slavery 13 th amendment

15. Pippin A Bureau that was formed after the civil war to help people with basic necessities such as food, schools for blacks, medical care, and find work for free Blacks. Freedman’s Bureau

16. Pippin Person who farms a piece of land for the land owner and pays with a portion of the crop Sharecropper

17. Pippin Person who assassinated President Lincoln John Wilkes Booth

18. Pippin Southern sympathizer who became president after death of Lincoln Vice President Andrew Johnson Wanted mild reconstruction that kept blacks out of office. Allowed southern states to enter union under Lincoln’s plan of reconstruction Congress refused and started their own form of reconstruction.

19. Pippin Series of laws passed by southern states that made blacks second class citizens. Black codes

20. Pippin Radical Reconstruction Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill.

21. Pippin Passed on June 13,1866,stated that “All persons born or naturalized in the U.S. are Citizens” 14 th Amendment

22. Pippin Features of Reconstruction Act With exception of Tennessee, all former Confederate states would be in five military districts Southern states would not be readmitted until they ratified the 14 th amendment Black Citizens must be granted the right to vote Former Confederate officials could not hold public office.

23. Pippin People who came from the north to do business in the south after civil war Carpetbaggers

24. Pippin Southerners who supported Reconstruction after civil war Scalawags

25. Pippin Founded in 1866 it used terrorism and violence to intimidate blacks and designed to remove from power the people in Reconstruction government. Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

26. Pippin Act passed by President Grant that allowed Martial Law to be declared if civil rights of Blacks was interfered with. Punitive Force Acts of 1870 and 1871.

27. Pippin Compromise that despite political corruption allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to win the presidency and ended Reconstruction for the south. Compromise of 1877.

28. Pippin Affects of Compromise of 1877 Democrats agreed to accept the election process The Republicans agreed to: 1. Appoint a southerner to Presidents cabinet 2. provide federal money for railroads in the south and for flood control along Mississippi. 3. To withdraw federal troops from the south.

29. Pippin Laws passed by southern states that required blacks to use separate public facilities and pay poll taxes, pass literacy test to vote. Jim Crow Laws