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59 Cards in this Set
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Missouri Compromise
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Made states free, land from Louisiana Purchase above 36 60 would be free, below slave, Maine added as a free state
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Tenure of Office Act
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law Andrew Johnson violated
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Ex Parte Merryman
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name of Supreme Court case that Lincoln had usurped his power as president by suspending write of Habeas Corpus
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Border States
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slave owning states loyal to union
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scalawags
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Hated groups in south during reconstruction, poor white southerners, voted for Republican party
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Richmond
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Part of Anaconda plan, attack of which city was longest and hardest
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Redemption
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Democratic party regained power during reconstruction
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15th
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amendment gave blacks right to vote
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Black codes
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southern state laws that restricted newly freed slaves rights
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Morrill Land Grant Act
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law said that federal government could use sale of lands to establish western universities
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Copperheads
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Northerners who opposed war “peace democrats"
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Popular Sovereignty
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Bleeding Kansas perfect example of why principal doesn’t work
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Charles Sumner
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Because of tensions before the war, this man was caned by another congressman
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Homestead Act
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law granted 160 acres to any person who agreed to farm and live on land for 5 year
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Slaughterhouse Cases
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Supreme court case watered down 14th amendment by saying federal government was only obliged to cover rights as national citizens and not state citizens
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Compromise of 1877
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democrats would let a republican pres win controversial 1876 election was if they took out troops in south
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Greenback party
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Party that wanted paper money
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Ex Parte Milligan
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supreme court case ruling said if civil court was open citizens had to be tried there and not in military courts
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Jefferson Davis
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President of Confederacy
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Know Nothings
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group was nativist, and against Catholics
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William "Boss" Tweed
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democratic party leader in NY embezzled money from government
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14th amendment
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amendment said blacks were citizens
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Alaska
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Seward’s folly or ice box
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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welfare relief organization helped blacks after civil war
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Vicksburg
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battle gave union complete control of Mississippi
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John Brown
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martyr in north associated with Harper’s Ferry raid
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Lawrence
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City sacked by pro-slavery settlers in Kansas
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Appomattox
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Where Lee surrendered to Grant
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Trent Affair
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negotiated by Abraham Lincoln to stop total war
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Rutherford Hayes
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became president because he agreed to end reconstruction
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Enforcement Acts
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suppressed KKK
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Credit Mobilier
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construction company received profits from railroad construction
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Republican party
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political party against extension of slavery, ex-members of Whig, freesoilers
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Ostend Manifesto
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Franklin Pierce’s administration criticized because we threatened Spain we would go to war over Cuba
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Atlanta
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Abraham Lincoln’s reelection solidified when this town was burned
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Freeport Doctrine
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Douglass criticized because he used popular sovereignty in speech which wasn’t definite like Dred Scott Case
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Emancipation Proclamation
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said slaves under confederate control were free
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Gadsden Purchase
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body of land that makes of Southern Arizona, NM
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John Wilkes Booth
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killed Abraham Lincoln
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Gettysburg Address
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Address by Lincoln of for by people
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Fort Sumter
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Where first shots were fired
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10% plan
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Lincoln’s lenient plan
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Crittenden Compromise
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Last attempt to keep country together
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William Walker
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tried to take over Latin America especially Nicaragua
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Sectionalist laws
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Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas-Border ruffians, sack of Potawatomie Creek, caning of Charles Sumner |
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive slave law
DC couldn’t have slave trade Popular sovereignty Settled border of NM and TX Assumed Texas’ debt |
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Reconstruction Pros
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New amendments-13th-15th
Freedmen’s bureau Education-for blacks and whites More professionals Civil Rights Acts-blacks and whites treated equal Enforcement Acts-suppress KKK Blacks gain office New government in south-martial law, republican |
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Reconstruction Cons
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New amendments watered down-Slaughterhouse Cases
Blacks stopped from voting (15th amendment)-KKK, literacy tests, property requirements Redemption- democratic party regained control, took away rights blacks had gained during reconstruction Black codes-state laws in south passed to keep blacks down Sharecropping/crop lien-new form of slavery North gave up on reconstruction, black rights in order to keep control (Hayes) South failed economically |
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Sectionalist laws
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Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas-Border ruffians, sack of Potawatomie Creek, caning of Charles Sumner |
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Compromise of 1850
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Fugitive slave law
DC couldn’t have slave trade Popular sovereignty Settled border of NM and TX Assumed Texas’ debt |
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Reconstruction Pros
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New amendments-13th-15th
Freedmen’s bureau Education-for blacks and whites More professionals Civil Rights Acts-blacks and whites treated equal Enforcement Acts-suppress KKK Blacks gain office New government in south-martial law, republican |
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Reconstruction Cons
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New amendments watered down-Slaughterhouse Cases
Blacks stopped from voting (15th amendment)-KKK, literacy tests, property requirements Redemption- democratic party regained control, took away rights blacks had gained during reconstruction Black codes-state laws in south passed to keep blacks down Sharecropping/crop lien-new form of slavery North gave up on reconstruction, black rights in order to keep control (Hayes) South failed economically |
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Lecompton Constitution
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Protected rights of slaveholders, no more slave could enter Kansas
Backed by Buchanan, was controversial less than 10% voted, let to distrust of him |
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Ironclads
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Armorded naval vessel, first used in battle during Civil War
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Cotton Diplomacy
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Confederate government said they would stop sending cotton to Britain if they didn't help with war effort, unnecessary because Britain had found others to trade with
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NYC Draft Riot
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NYers made because of drawing for Enrollment Act, strike in streets because they would lose jobs because of competition when blacks were freed
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National Women's Loyal League
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To get signatures on petition to write amendments for slavery and promote
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