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22 Cards in this Set
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
She wrote the book uncle Tom’s cabin because she wanted people to understand the horrors of slavery Southerners felt the book did not describe slavery accurately |
She wrote uncle Tom’s cabin |
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John Brown |
He was a abolitionist he wanted to free slaves so he had set a federal arsenal at Harpers ferry Virginia in 1859 to obtain guns to arm slaves and start a rebellion |
Attacked the federal arsenal harpers ferry Virginia 1859 |
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Abraham Lincoln |
16th President of the United States president of the union abolish slavery by using the emancipation proclamation assassinated in 1865 |
16th president, abolished slavery, assassinated 1865 |
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Jefferson Davis |
President of the Confederacy |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Union general 18th president of United States |
18th president |
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Robert E. Lee |
Confederate General Surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox courthouse |
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William T. Sherman |
Union military leader that let the Atlanta campaign in the march to the sea used a scorched earth strategy in his march to the sea burning factories, Farms, railroads, and other buildings to punish the south for succeeding,destroy their ability to fight and make want to quit. |
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Stonewall Jackson |
Confederate general known for his stature and leadership |
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Fort Sumter |
And the Charleston Harbor on the coast of South Carolina. Confederate forces bombarded at Union fort. Forcing them to surrender the fort. This was the first battle of the Civil War. |
First battle of the Civil War |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
July 1-3, 1863 this was the turning point of the war ended important victory for the union I’m going to leader ship of Robert E. Lee the confederate forces were trying to invade the north the union army was able to stop a confederate advance into union territory this battle took place over three days but many soldiers died |
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Atlanta Champaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea |
Sherman wanted to capture Atlanta Georgia to take control of the southern Railroads and cripple the south’s supply chain Sherman wanted to destroy the South so they would lose their will to continue the fight |
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse |
In 1865 Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant met in Appomattox Courthouse Virginia here Roberty E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War |
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North |
Since most of the fighting during the war took place in the south, the north recovered much quicker and easier |
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South |
Much devastation in destruction was fell in the south the south struggle to recover from the war. -Loss of transportation with with destroyed railroads -Loss of much of the workforce due to freed slaves -Loss of resources because so many farms in plantations were destroyed |
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13th Amendment |
Abolished slavery |
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14th Amendment |
Established citizenship for newly freed slaves guaranteed equal protection and equal rights for all citizens |
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15th Amendment |
African-American men gained the right to vote |
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Voting rights |
Southern states tried to prevent African-Americans from exercising their rights to vote, even though the 15th amendment gave them this right. - Poll taxes - Literacy/reading test - threats and violence |
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Freedmen’s Bureau |
Founded by the United States government to assist in providing education, housing, land and jobs to former slaves and more southern white people after Civil War during the reconstruction of the south. |
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Sharecropping |
Because former slaves has to skills but knew how to farm mini turn to the former masters for work they would rent the land from the land owner on credit farm there Section of land and pay the landowner back at harvest time most of the time they didn’t even make a profit and had to continue renting the land from the former this system mostly hope the landowners and not the former slaves. |
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Jim Crow laws |
Laws passed that caused African-Americans to lose their rights they had gained these loss prevention African-Americans from exercising their newly gained right Jim Crow laws also Affect the American Indians Jim Crowe laws started a system of legal racial segregation separate or segregated schools restaurants and public facilities hotels buses trains theaters and even restaurants |
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Ku Klux klan |
And organization formed during reconstruction that had a go of preventing African-Americans from exercising their rights |
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