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slavery - ✔✔✔by 1861 there were nearly 4 million slaves in the South, 1 out of 8 Americans were property of another
American, cause of the civil war
fugitive slave act - ✔✔✔free whites can't help slaves escape to the north, discouraged the helping of slaves
state's rights - ✔✔✔cause of the civil war, the big question was if a state had the right to secede from the Union
Kansas-Nebraska Act - ✔✔✔in 1854 congress created 2 new territories, Kansas and Nebraska and voters would decide on
slavery themselves, which led to "bleeding Kansas" in 1856 with lots of violence
Dred Scott Decision - ✔✔✔in 1857 a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom, claiming he had become free by living in a
free territory with his owner, the supreme court ruled that African Americans were not citizens under the Constitution and did
not have the right to file suit in federal courts, also ruled Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional
Confederate States - ✔✔✔South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, North
Carolina, and Tennessee
4 border states - ✔✔✔Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
Antietam - ✔✔✔the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day
battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation
Proclamation
Gettysburg - ✔✔✔took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. Gettysburg is the war's most famous battle
because of its large size, high cost in lives, location in a northern state, and for President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
54,000-60,000 casualties, a major turning point in the war
Harper's Ferry - ✔✔✔abolitionist John Brown hoped to begin a slave revolt by seizing the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry
Shiloh - ✔✔✔April 6-7, 1862, 23, 264 casualties, lost more soldiers in 2 days, union "won" or can be called a tie, Ulysses S. Grant
was union leader, Albert Sydney Johnson was the top ranking confederate general killed
Robert E. Lee - ✔✔✔ultimately stopped John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, The most beloved general, fought for their state
and succeeded from the Union not necessarily slavery, offered command of Union by Lincoln early in the war but declined,
leader of the Confederate
,compromise of 1850 - ✔✔✔California was admitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico would vote on the issues of
slavery, the slave trade in D.C. stopped, more fugitive slave laws
Stonewall Jackson - ✔✔✔very capable general, his death at Chancellorsville changed the tide of the war, antislavery, and very
religious , confederate general
Nathan Bedford Forest - ✔✔✔Confederate's confederate (slave owner), known for horse riding and viciousness in war, went
from private to general, founders of the KKK, confederate generals
Ulysses S. Grant - ✔✔✔head general of the union, most successful general
William T. Sherman - ✔✔✔created the concept of total war, soldiers for the Union, apart of Sherman's march in Atlanta
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - ✔✔✔Union general, pivotal movement in Gettysburg, hero of little Roundtop
Appomattox Court House - ✔✔✔Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9th, 1865, in total there were about 1.7 million
casualties in the civil war
Causes of the civil war were: - ✔✔✔slavery, states rights, economic sectionalism
Missouri Compromise - ✔✔✔It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state Maine entered as a free state all states North of
Missouri were free states and all South were slave states.
10 percent plan - ✔✔✔Lincoln's plan where any southern state that had 10% of it voters making this pledge could establish a
new state government and be readmitted to the union
challenges former slaves faced: - ✔✔✔uneducated, poor, did not own land, no way to generate wealth
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction - ✔✔✔he wanted to unite the country as fast as possible and he did not want to punish the
south
Lincoln's Assassination - ✔✔✔on April 14, 1965, Lincoln attended the play Our American Cousin at Ford's theatre, Lincoln was
shot by John Wilkes Booth
, reasons for the end of reconstruction - ✔✔✔scandals in the Grant administration (Whiskey Ring and credit mobilier scandal)
Andrew Johnson - ✔✔✔sworn into office after Lincoln's assassination, he continued Lincoln's ten percent plan, impeached
because he defied the act that Congress passed when he fired the Secretary of war, Edwin Stanton
13th amendment - ✔✔✔abolished slavery
14th amendment - ✔✔✔guarantees citizenship and protection under the law of anyone born or naturalized within the U.S
15th amendment - ✔✔✔gave African American men the right to vote
Black codes - ✔✔✔laws passed by every southern state that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
examples of black codes - ✔✔✔1. African Americans had to work on farms or as servants
2. They had to sign labor laws that essentially recreated conditions of slavery
3. if you could not provide proof of employment you could be arrested and forced to work an entire year without pay
4. can't own land
5. no public meetings and more
Hiram Revels - ✔✔✔first African American to serve in Congress
compromise of 1877 - ✔✔✔this was a deal between democrats and republicans that settled the presidential election of 1876
where Tilden won the popular vote and Hayes won the electoral college , republican Rutherford B. Hayes was given the
presidency on the condition of removing northern troops from the south
Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔✔1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that having separate facilities for whites and blacks was legal as
long as facilities were "equal", this was overturned in 1954 in brown vs. Board of education
Louisiana Purchase - ✔✔✔in 1803 bought land from the French for 15 million, this doubled the size of the united states,
Jefferson bought from Napoleon
Great Plains - ✔✔✔by 1850 there were nearly 75,000 Native Americans living in the Great Plains and a dozen or more different
tribes
slavery - ✔✔✔by 1861 there were nearly 4 million slaves in the South, 1 out of 8 Americans were property of another
American, cause of the civil war
fugitive slave act - ✔✔✔free whites can't help slaves escape to the north, discouraged the helping of slaves
state's rights - ✔✔✔cause of the civil war, the big question was if a state had the right to secede from the Union
Kansas-Nebraska Act - ✔✔✔in 1854 congress created 2 new territories, Kansas and Nebraska and voters would decide on
slavery themselves, which led to "bleeding Kansas" in 1856 with lots of violence
Dred Scott Decision - ✔✔✔in 1857 a slave named Dred Scott sued for his freedom, claiming he had become free by living in a
free territory with his owner, the supreme court ruled that African Americans were not citizens under the Constitution and did
not have the right to file suit in federal courts, also ruled Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional
Confederate States - ✔✔✔South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Virginia, North
Carolina, and Tennessee
4 border states - ✔✔✔Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
Antietam - ✔✔✔the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day
battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation
Proclamation
Gettysburg - ✔✔✔took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. Gettysburg is the war's most famous battle
because of its large size, high cost in lives, location in a northern state, and for President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
54,000-60,000 casualties, a major turning point in the war
Harper's Ferry - ✔✔✔abolitionist John Brown hoped to begin a slave revolt by seizing the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry
Shiloh - ✔✔✔April 6-7, 1862, 23, 264 casualties, lost more soldiers in 2 days, union "won" or can be called a tie, Ulysses S. Grant
was union leader, Albert Sydney Johnson was the top ranking confederate general killed
Robert E. Lee - ✔✔✔ultimately stopped John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry, The most beloved general, fought for their state
and succeeded from the Union not necessarily slavery, offered command of Union by Lincoln early in the war but declined,
leader of the Confederate
,compromise of 1850 - ✔✔✔California was admitted as a free state, and Utah and New Mexico would vote on the issues of
slavery, the slave trade in D.C. stopped, more fugitive slave laws
Stonewall Jackson - ✔✔✔very capable general, his death at Chancellorsville changed the tide of the war, antislavery, and very
religious , confederate general
Nathan Bedford Forest - ✔✔✔Confederate's confederate (slave owner), known for horse riding and viciousness in war, went
from private to general, founders of the KKK, confederate generals
Ulysses S. Grant - ✔✔✔head general of the union, most successful general
William T. Sherman - ✔✔✔created the concept of total war, soldiers for the Union, apart of Sherman's march in Atlanta
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain - ✔✔✔Union general, pivotal movement in Gettysburg, hero of little Roundtop
Appomattox Court House - ✔✔✔Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9th, 1865, in total there were about 1.7 million
casualties in the civil war
Causes of the civil war were: - ✔✔✔slavery, states rights, economic sectionalism
Missouri Compromise - ✔✔✔It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state Maine entered as a free state all states North of
Missouri were free states and all South were slave states.
10 percent plan - ✔✔✔Lincoln's plan where any southern state that had 10% of it voters making this pledge could establish a
new state government and be readmitted to the union
challenges former slaves faced: - ✔✔✔uneducated, poor, did not own land, no way to generate wealth
Lincoln's Plan for Reconstruction - ✔✔✔he wanted to unite the country as fast as possible and he did not want to punish the
south
Lincoln's Assassination - ✔✔✔on April 14, 1965, Lincoln attended the play Our American Cousin at Ford's theatre, Lincoln was
shot by John Wilkes Booth
, reasons for the end of reconstruction - ✔✔✔scandals in the Grant administration (Whiskey Ring and credit mobilier scandal)
Andrew Johnson - ✔✔✔sworn into office after Lincoln's assassination, he continued Lincoln's ten percent plan, impeached
because he defied the act that Congress passed when he fired the Secretary of war, Edwin Stanton
13th amendment - ✔✔✔abolished slavery
14th amendment - ✔✔✔guarantees citizenship and protection under the law of anyone born or naturalized within the U.S
15th amendment - ✔✔✔gave African American men the right to vote
Black codes - ✔✔✔laws passed by every southern state that greatly limited the freedom of African Americans
examples of black codes - ✔✔✔1. African Americans had to work on farms or as servants
2. They had to sign labor laws that essentially recreated conditions of slavery
3. if you could not provide proof of employment you could be arrested and forced to work an entire year without pay
4. can't own land
5. no public meetings and more
Hiram Revels - ✔✔✔first African American to serve in Congress
compromise of 1877 - ✔✔✔this was a deal between democrats and republicans that settled the presidential election of 1876
where Tilden won the popular vote and Hayes won the electoral college , republican Rutherford B. Hayes was given the
presidency on the condition of removing northern troops from the south
Plessy v. Ferguson - ✔✔✔1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that having separate facilities for whites and blacks was legal as
long as facilities were "equal", this was overturned in 1954 in brown vs. Board of education
Louisiana Purchase - ✔✔✔in 1803 bought land from the French for 15 million, this doubled the size of the united states,
Jefferson bought from Napoleon
Great Plains - ✔✔✔by 1850 there were nearly 75,000 Native Americans living in the Great Plains and a dozen or more different
tribes
