Civil War and Reconstruction Test review

The movement to end slavery, gaining significant support in the 19th century.

• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy
• Emancipation Proclamation

The coalition of Southern states that seceded from the Union and fought for their independence.

• Confederacy
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Emancipation Proclamation

A faction within the Republican Party that advocated for the full rights and integration of African Americans and strict requirements for Southern states' readmission to the Union.

• Radical Republicans
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

A faction within the Republican Party that advocated for the full rights and integration of African Americans and strict requirements for Southern states' readmission to the Union.

• Radical Republicans
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

An agency established in 1865 to assist freed slaves and poor whites in the South by providing food, housing, education, and medical care.

• Freedmen's Bureau
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

An executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 declaring all slaves in Confederate states to be free.

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

The agreement that resolved the 1876 presidential election, effectively ending Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.

• Compromise of 1877
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

A white supremacist group formed during Reconstruction that used terror and violence to oppose African American civil rights.

• Ku Klux Klan
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy

The act of withdrawing from the Union, which Southern states did leading up to the Civil War.

• Secession
• Abolitionism
• Union
• Confederacy
• Emancipation Proclamation

A speech by President Lincoln in 1863 emphasizing the purpose of the war and dedication to equality.

• Gettysburg Address
• Abolitionism
• Secession
• Union
• Confederacy