civil war

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reform

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the improvement or amendment of what is wrong

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nativist

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a person who urges thee promotion of the interest of inhabitants born in a country over those of immigrants

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steam engine

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an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power

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reform movement

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a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms

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suffrage

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the right to vote in political elections

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co education

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the education of both sexes together

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abolitionist

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a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution especially capital punishment or slavery

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casualty

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a person killed or injured in a war or accident

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revolt

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rise in rebellion

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prohibition

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the act or practice of forbidding something by law

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three fifths compromise

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three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a states total population for legislative Representation and taxation

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underground railroad

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a network of routes places and people that helped enslaved people in American south to escape to the north

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dred Scott decision

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ruled that enslaved people were not us citizens and could not use in federal court

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bleeding kansas

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Kansas entered the union as a free state on January 29

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union troops

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during the American civil war the United States army the land force thought that fought to preserve the collective union of the states

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confederacy

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a group of people countries organizations etc joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest

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Abraham lincoln

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16th us president

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Jefferson davis

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former president of the Confederate states of america

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secession

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the act of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body especially a political state

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militia

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a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in a emergency

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battle of fort sumter

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marked the official beginning of the civil war

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battle of bull run

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a battle that convinced both sides that the war would be long and costly

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battle of shiloh

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major engagement in the American civil war

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battle of antietam

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a key turning point in the American civil war

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battle of gettysburg

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a turning point in the American civil war and one of the bloodiest battles ever in American history

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Gettysburg adress

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book by abraham lincoln

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appomattox court house

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marked the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following the four years of civil war

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surrender

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cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority

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emancipation proclamation

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declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious state and henceforward shall be free

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13th amendment

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neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction

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us civil war

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four year war between United States and 11 southern states that seceded from the union and formed the Confederate states of america

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reconstruction

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the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social political and labor systems

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Jim crow laws

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mandating segregation of schools Parks libraries drinking fountains restrooms buses trains and restaurants

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segregation

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the act of setting someone or something apart from others

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reconstruction act of 1867

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outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states

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amnesty

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an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses t

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ten percent plan

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formation of new state governments recognized by the union was allowed as long as ten percent of 1860 voters swore allegiance to the us

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freedman

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an emancipated slave

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integrate

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combine one thing with another so that they become a whole

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sharecropping

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a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop

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lynching