Civil War + Reconstruction

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reform

Answer 1

improved in conduct, morals,

Question 2

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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a group of individuals advocating for social change through the advancement of a common cause.

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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 wants to stop or abolish slavery

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Casualty

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a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed

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Revolt

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to break away from or rise against constituted authority,

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Prohibition

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the action of forbidding something, especially by law.

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Three Fifths Compromise

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gave the southern states where slavery was legal a non-proportional representation in the national government.

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Underground Railroad

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network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.

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Dred Scott Decision

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an enslaved person

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Bleeding Kansas

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Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery

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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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an alliance of people or groups formed for an illicit purpose.

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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 withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union

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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 an emergency.

Question 20

Battle of Fort Sumter

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opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom

Question 21

Battle of Bull Run

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Bull Run was the first full-scale battle of the Civil War.

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Battle of Shiloh

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he Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing,

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Battle of Antietam

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pitted Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac against General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war

Question 24

Gettysburg Address

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he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence

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Appomattox Court House

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The Appomattox Court House, located in Virginia, is where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen.

Question 26

Surrender

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the action of surrendering.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

Question 28

13th Amendment

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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

Question 29

US Civil War

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he United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America.

Question 30

Reconstruction

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a thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed.

Question 31

Jim Crow Laws

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Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.

Question 32

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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he Ten Percent Plan was a plan proposed by President Abraham Lincoln during the Reconstruction-era following the conclusion of the Civil War.

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Freedman

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a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.

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Integrate

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combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole. "transportation planning should be integrated with energy policy"

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Sharecropping

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gerund or present participle: sharecropping

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Lynching

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a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offender, often after inflicting torture and corporal mutilation