Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary

The document that declared all enslaved people in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.

• Declaration of Independence

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Southern Secession

A naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The Union wanted to try and choke off resupply to the South, and to prevent the shipment of arms, ammunition and material to the Southern States.

• March to the Sea

• Atlanta Campaign

• Anaconda Blockade

Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga.

• Antietam

• Chickamauga

• Gettysburg

• Mach to the Sea

The infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp.

• Chickamauga

• Ryker's Island

• Andersonville

Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Included the battles of Dalton, Resaca, and Kennesaw Mountain.

• March to the Sea

• Antietam

• Atlanta Campaign

Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” policy to end the South’s will to fight. 

• March to the Sea

• Antietam

• Atlanta Campaign

Match the following

• 15th Amendment

• Constitutional Amendment that gave African-Americans or Blacks United States citizenship.

• 14th Amendment

• Constitutional Amendment that  gave African-American or Black men the right to vote.

• 13th Amendment

• Constitutional Amendment that ended slavery in the United States.

A federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former enslaved people.

• Ku Klux Klan

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Civil Rights Museum