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1. Wilmot Proviso proposal to end slavery in territory gained by mex-amer war
(1846)

2. Homestead Act of govt gives settlers cheap land out west
1862

3. north had more pow-
er in house bc
north's pop growth
increased
ABOLITIONISTS
SMALL # IN NORTH

4. William Lloyd Garri- "the liberator" mag, abolitionist
son

5. John Brown's Raid on Violent killed whites
Harper's Ferry

6. Nat Turner's Rebel- blacks killed whites
lion

7. Compromise of 1850 Dealt with land gained from mexico SLAVERY:
-slave trade in DC abolished
-cali free state
-popular sovereignty in new mexico & Utah
-fugitive slave act strengthened

passed by Millard Fillmore

8. Kansas-Nebraska Act Overturned Missouri Compromise
-Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty for slavery
-CREATION OF REPUBLICAN PARTY



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9. 2nd Party Sys-
tem (Democrats and
Whigs) collapsed bc
of slavery

10. Dred Scott v. Sanford black people not citizens, congress couldn't regulate slavery in territories,
split democratic party along sectional lines (republicans in north and mid-
west) MISSOURI COMPROMISE UNCONSTITUTIONAL/ CONGRESS COULD-
NT REGULATE SLAVERY

11. Know-Nothing Party anti-immigrant political party in 1850's

12. election of 1860 lincoln elected on free soil platform, slavery wouldnt EXPAND
Immediate cause of succession (SC first)

13. free soil party anti-slavery
free men on free soil better than slaves

14. civil war both north and south draft
-lincol suspends habeus corpus in MD, bans newspapers

15. Emancipation changed purpose of war, not just to preserve union anymore, now to free
Proclamation (1863) slaves too
AFTER ANTIETAM

16. why union won -military leadership (Grant & Sherman)
-Anaconda plan (naval blockade)
-Victory at Antietam->Gettysburg->emancipation proclamation
-greater resources in north (more factories and railroads)
-MARCH TO THE SEA (Destruction of south)

17. 13th Amendment abolished slavery
(1865)



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18. 14th Amendment citizenship and equal protection of laws (men)

19. 15th amendment suffrage for all men

20. Radical Republicans wanted change in balance of power between congress and pres, lead to
impeachment of andrew johnson and aa gained political oppurtunities

21. Hiram Revels first aa to be elected to congress

22. compromise of 1877 -ended reconstruction
-militia drawn from south
-hayes president
-appointed democrats

23. Plessy v. Ferguson racial segregation
"separate but equal"

24. French and Indian most Indians (except Iroquois) with french
War (Seven Years' GB wins
War)

25. Pontiac's Rebellion after 7 years war, colonists move into NA land, leads to proclamation line of
1763
Response: Paxton Boys (immigrants attacked NA)

26. Proclamation Line of line where british should not settle
1763

27. Britain in debt->
ends salutary ne-
glect
+Until 1776,
colonists didnt want

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