Civil War + Reconstruction

Question 1

Reform

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the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory

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Nativist

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

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Steam Engine

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an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler

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Reform Movement

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advocates a change that will preserve the existing values but will provide improved means of implementing them

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Suffrage

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the right to vote, especially in a political election

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Co-Education

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the education of both male and female students at the same institution

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Abolitionist

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a person who favors the abolition of any law or practice deemed harmful to society

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Casualty

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a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because their whereabouts or condition cannot be determined

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Revolt

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rise in rebellion

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Prohibition

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the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption

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Three Fifths Compromise

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three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation

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Underground Railroad

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Also called underground railway. a railroad running through a continuous tunnel, as under city streets; subway

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Dred Scott Decision

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upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional

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Bleeding Kansas

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the term used to described the period of violence during the settling of the Kansas territory

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Union Troops

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the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states

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Confederacy

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a group of persons, parties, states, united by such a confederacy

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Abraham Lincoln

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16th President of the United States

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Jefferson Davis

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first and only president of the Confederate States of America

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Secession

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

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Militia

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all able-bodied citizens eligible by law to be called on to provide military service supplementary to the regular armed forces

Question 21

Battle of Fort Sumter

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South Carolina location where Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War in April of 1861

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Battle of Bull Run

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the first full-scale battle of the Civil War

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Battle of Shiloh

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ended the Confederacy’s hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West

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Battle of Antietam

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fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War

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Gettysburg Address

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the sacrifice of over fifty thousand men who laid down their lives in the Battle of Gettysburg

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Appomattox Court House

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marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following 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 states "are, and henceforward shall be free"

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13th Amendment

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abolished slavery in the United States

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US Civil War

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four-year war (1861–65) between the 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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a thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed

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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws or practices designed to separate whites and blacks in public and private facilities

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Segregation

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the action or state 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

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Ten Percent Plan

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allowed Southern states a pathway to reconstruction once 10 percent of citizens agreed to swear an oath to the union and agree to abolish slavery

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Freedman

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a person freed from slavery

Question 38

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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giving a part of each crop as rent

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Lynching

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(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War