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Goal of free soil party

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Anti-slavery north political party

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Compromise of 1850 parts that pleased north

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  1. California would enter as a free state
  2. slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
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Compromise of 1850 parts that pleased south

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  1. Mexican Cession popular sovereignty decided free or slave state
  2. More effective fugitive slave law would be passed
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on North

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Became abolitionists

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Effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on South

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Banned book “falsely criticized slavery”

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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Divided remainder of Nebraska Territory into two parts. People in territory choses about slavery. Got rid of Missouri Compromise Line.

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What did the Kansas- Nebraska lead to?

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Bleeding Kansas

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what was the goal of the republican party

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to stop the spread of slavery in the west

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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Dred Scott versus Sanford

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African Americans had no right to sue. Made him return to Missouri. “statues depend on law of Missouri”. Congress has no right to ban slavery

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Describe the reason and result for raids on Harpers Ferry

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John Brown tried to start an uprising against federal arsenal he armed slaves with weapons African Americans didn’t want to and feared punishment locals attacked brown and marines charged at him and killed two men and captured the rest brown was hung. Further divided south

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election of 1860 winner and party

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Abraham Lincoln with the Republican Party

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What happened as a result of the 1860 election

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Southern states begin to live the union and start confederacy fear the end of slavery

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Lincoln’s views about slavery

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slavery - against the spread of slavery but promised not to abolish it where it existed he thought I was unlawful to do so

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AL view on secession

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Did not recognize confederacy as a country

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Al views on invading south

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Would not invade unless south invaded first

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Al views on federal property

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would protect property like forts in south

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We are not — but —

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enemies, friends

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Abraham Lincoln was

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president of Union

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Jefferson Davis was

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president of Confederacy

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Robert E. Lee was

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Confederacy general. Declined offer to join union. Loyal to home state VA

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Ulysses S. Grant was

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General of Union

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Union advantages

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  1. Larger population
  2. 85% of all factories
  3. Most railroads
  4. Abraham Lincoln
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Confederacy advantages

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  1. Experienced general
  2. fighting defensive war
  3. fighting for homes and property
  4. strong military tradition
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Union stratagy
Anacond plan - "Squeeze" southern economy by controlling Miss. River, capture richmond,
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Confederacy stratagy
Stay on defense, "cotton piplomacy" withhold cotton (didn't work)
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Fort Sumter
1st shots of war, Union surrenders, Lincoln calls for end of rebellion, more states sucese like VA
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Who won Fort Sumter
Union surrender
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What were border states
Slave states that remained in Union
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Goal of Union at First battle of Bull Run
Capture Confederate capital and end rebellion
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Result of 1st battle of bull run
Confederate victory after counter attack by stonewall jackson
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Significance of 1st battle of bull run
1st major battle, sides realized war would not be easy
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Rifle
groove in barrel the put spin on bullet, faster and more accurate, more deadly that musket
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minie ball
bullet with hollow base that expands to fit groove in rifle, more deadly than musket
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ironclad
battle ships covered in iron, changed naval war fare, 1st battle ended in a tie
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Significance of Battle of Antietam
Lee invaded Union hoping to get help from Britain. Hopes to force Lincoln to talk peace. Bloodiest single day in U.S. history
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What was the bloodiest single day in U.S. history
Battle of Antietam
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Using what authority and for what reason did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Issues it under the commander in chief as a military action to weaken the south
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Which enslaved people were freed by EMP
slaves in states of rebellion
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How did EMP boost Union amry
gained soldiers and south was losing labor supply. Also started fighting not just to preserve the Union but for slaves too.
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Who was the first African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
William Carney
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Who were Copperhead and what did AL do to some of them that was considered unconstitutional
Northern Democrats that opposed Lincoln and called for peace. AL arrested them without trial
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Conscription
draft - forced military service
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what was it a rich mans was but a poor mans fight
Fighting for rich mens labor by poor people. North and South coul dhire subs and Southern plantation owners with 20+ slaves were exempt
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What economic measures were taken by Union that are still happening today?
Income tax and Greenbacks
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Clara Barton
founder of red cross. Union nurse
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Harriet Tubman
Spy for Union
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Battle of Gettysburg
2nd invasion of North. Lee was confident. 3 day battle. Confederate retreated. Never recovered to "fighting strength". 1/3 of army dead
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Battle of Vicksburg
Grant surrounded city and cut off supplies. Southerners surrendered. GIVER NOTH MISS. RIVER
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What occasion of Gettysburg Address and what did AL say the end of the war would bring
Dedicated battlefield as a cemetery and said war would bring a new birth of freedom
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Sherman's march to sea
Gen. William T. Sherman pushed from Atlanta to Atlantic ocean. Waged "total war" destroying everything in path that could possibly support enemy. Left path of destruction
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What was AL message in 2nd inaugural adress
Nation should work to recover and care for everone
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With --- towards none and --- towards all
malice, charity
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Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrenders to Grant
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What is reconstruction
process of readmitting confederate states to union, including civil rights for aa
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what were the dates for reconstruction
1865-1877
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13th amendment
made slavery illegal in the U.S.
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Freedmen's Bureau
Federal agency to provide aid for freed people - food, education, legalized marriages, hospitals, etc
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Assassnation
Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth snuck into president's box and shot him.
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Who became POTUS #17
Andrew Johnson
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Who was Andrew Johnson before he became POTUS
VP
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What were black codes
Southern state laws that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
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What was the goal of the Radical Republicans
Force change in the south to ensure equal rights for aa
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14th amendment defined all people who were --- or --- in the US (except NA) as ---. Guaranteed citizens --- --- of the laws and stated that citizens could not be deprived of ---, ---, or --- without --- --- --- ---
born, naturalized, citizens, equal protection, life, liberty, property, due process of law
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Reconstruction Acts of 1867 due to south
divided into 5 military districts
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What was required to be readmitted into Union
1. Ratify 14th amendment 2. Extend right to vote to aa
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Election of 1868
Ulysses S. Grant - republican
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15th amendment
Right to vote can't be denied based on race
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Carpetbaggers and scalawags
Republicans in the south who promoted equal rights for aa
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first aa to be elected in U.S. senate
Hiram Roads Revels
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Goal of Ku Klux Klan
Domestic terrorist organization. Terrorize aa and supporters and restore democratic control in south
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Financial Panic of 1873
became less concerned about southern racism and reconstruction and became more concerned about finances and economy
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problems did compromise of 1877 solve
determine winner of election of 1876
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Who became POTUS as a result of compromise of 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes - Republican
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Why did Compromise of 1877 mark end of reconstruction
federal troops removed from south
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two ways southern democrats prevented aa from voting
poll taxes and literacy tests
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what were jim crow laws
laws that enforced segregation in south
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