The civil war

Fort Sumter- brick fort symbolized Union power; Confederates fired at and took over; no bloodshed.PGT Beauregard- Confederate general who ordered firing of cannon at Sumter. Copperheads- Northern Democrats that didn’t want slave states in the Union; figured that in a South cut off from the Union, slavery would wither away. Border states- Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware- all slave states but stayed loyal to Union. Jefferson Davis- president of the Confederacy. First Battle of …showed first 75 words of 1106 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1106 total…order to be able to vote. Grandfather clause- even if person failed literacy test or couldn’t pay poll tax, he could be allowed to vote provided he was eligible to vote on Jan. 1, 1867, or provided that his grandfather had been able to. Caused very small number of blacks to vote. Jim Crow Laws- segregation of public facilities. Plessy vs. Ferguson- ruled separation of races legal. Separate but equal- facilities were separate but still “equal”.