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- 2. When a change is made to the constitution it is called an
- 5. This Civil War battle was fought in northern Georgia, near Chattanooga, Tennessee
- 8. Prison camp in Georgia that inhumanely held Union soldiers
- 9. This declaration from Abraham Lincoln freed slaves, but only in Confederate States (2 words
- 10. Another term for "total war" that invloves burning to the ground (2 words)
- 15. Sherman and his troops' journey from Atlanta to Savannah (4 words)
- 16. Under this arrangement, laborers with no land of their own worked on farm plots owned by others, and at the end of the season landowners paid workers a half of the crop.
- 19. The south's economy was based on this.
- 20. The northern and western states that remained united during the Civil War were called this
- 24. Under this arrangement, laborers with no land of their own worked farm plots owned by others, but owned their own supplies and kept around 2/3 of their harvest. (2 words)
- 25. This day celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
- 27. This amendment states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are considered citizens and have basic rights, regardless of color.
- 30. Union army general that believed in total war (2 words)
- 31. The the years immediately following the end of the Civil War are called
- 32. This event lasted 4 years and took place within the United States between the North and the South. (2 words)
- 33. Georgia's response to the Compromise of 1850 which said that Georgia would agree to the compromise if the Fugitive Slave Act was included. (2 words)
- 34. This person became president after Lincoln's assassination.(2 words)
- 36. These states allowed slavery but did not secede from the Union: Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia (2 words)
- 37. This group was created to assist newly freed people in establishing a new life. (2 words)
- 38. This plan for reconstruction was much more harsh on the Confederate states and sent Union troops to the south to oversee reconstruction. (2 words)
- 39. When union troops blocked the southeastern coastline, preventing southern states from importing or exporting goods (2 words)
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- 1. The plan to surround the seceded states and suffocate or squeeze them of supplies
- 3. Series of battles that took place in Atlanta resulting in the destruction of the city and railroads under William Sherman (2 words)
- 4. This amendment ended slavery across the entire United States after the Civil War
- 6. Terrorist group developed by Confederate veterans to support white supremacy (3 words)
- 7. governmental power reserved for individual states. Southern states intended to use this to allow slavery. (2 words)
- 11. another word for taxes
- 12. When the citizens of an individual state vote on the legalization of slavery (2 words)
- 13. These plans for reconstruction were considered too lenient or easy on the Confederate states (2 words)
- 14. This amendment gave all men the right to vote.
- 17. This act was included in the Compromise of 1850 and required any escaped enslaved person to be returned (3 words)
- 18. Individuals that wanted to end slavery everywhere
- 21. To separate from
- 22. This person took his owner to court to sue for his freedom. The case ruled that African Americans were not considered citizens and did not have rights. (2 words)
- 23. The action of cancelling or ignoring a federal law deemed unconstitutional by an individual state.
- 26. Sherman believed in this approach to war (2 words)
- 28. Black men that served in Georgia's General Assembly until removed from office in 1876 (2 words)
- 29. Winner of the Presidential election of 1860. (2 words)
- 35. The southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War were called this