Test 4 Pt 9

Front 1

Lincoln’s re-election in1864 and surrender by

Back 1

Lee to Grant at Appomattoxin April 1865:

Front 2

Lincolnsecured the Republican nomination, and with Sherman’s capture of

Back 2

Atlanta in Sept. 1865, won asweeping victory

Front 3

Afterthe surrender by General Leeto

Back 3

General Grant at Appomattox (April 9, 1865), the union was lenient to the defeated Confederates

Front 4

Onlyfive days after the surrender by Lee at Appomattox (April 14, 1865), before hecould announce plans to reconstruct the South

Back 4

Lincolnwas assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a celebrated actor, at Ford’s Theatre inWashington, D.C.

Front 5

For black soldiers, military service proved to be a liberating experience:

Back 5

1) At least 130 former soldiers served in political Office after the Civil War;
2) The Union navy treated black sailors much the same as white sailors;
3) Within the army, black soldiers did not receive equal treatment to white soldiers; and
4) Black soldiers played a crucial role not only in winning the Civil War but also in defining the war’s consequences