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Sponge #3 5-10-07 Describe the condition of the southern states at the end of the Civil War. (if you don’t remember, use your notes) Turn to page 552- “If you were there…” What would you think your future on the farm would be like? On the same page- Define Reconstruction What is the 10% plan? (on page 553 or notes) On page 556- Define Freedman’s Bureau

Sponge #4 5-11-07 Turn to page 519- What is the battle of Antietam? Why was this battle significant? What was the date of the battle? Turn to page 523- 1. What was the date of the Battle of Shiloh? 2. Why was this battle significant? Turn to page 537- 1. What was the battle of Gettysburg and why was it significant? 2. On page 539- What is Pickett’s Charge? Turn to page 524- 1. What was the Siege of Vicksburg?

Emancipation Proclamation President Lincoln’s order to free the Confederate Slaves; became effective January 1st, 1863

Massachusetts 54th An infantry regiment composed mostly of African-Americans that captured Fort Wagner in South Carolina

Appomattox Courthouse The location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant which ended the Civil War.

Jim Crow Laws A law that enforced Segregation in the Southern States

Freedmen's Bureau An agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people throughout the south. *Helped to provide education, food and legal help for former slaves in the south

Amnesty Process of restoring those who may have been guilty of an offense to the position of being INNOCENT *Used by President Andrew Johnson when he pardoned more than 7,000 people after the Civil War

Carpetbaggers Scalawags Carpetbaggers: Northerners accused of profiting off of the south. Supposedly were in such a hurry to get there they threw all of their possessions in a carpet bag Scalawags White Southern Republicans who were called ‘greedy rascals’ by Southern Democrats who felt they betrayed the south by voting for the Republican Party

Sharecroppers A system used on southern farms after the civil war in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops

13th Amendment Amendment ratified on January 31st, 1865 Officially banned slavery in the United States

14th Amendment Equal rights amendment; said that ALL people born or naturalized within the United States (except for NATIVE AMERICANS) were citizens Also guaranteed the citizens ‘equal protection of the laws.’ *ratified July, 9th 1868

15th Amendment Women Gave African-American MEN the right to vote, went into effect in 1870