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107 Cards in this Set
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Democratic Republican party splits
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Democrats: pro-Jackson
Whigs: anti-Jackson |
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Election of 1824: Corrupt Bargain
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Dem Repub:
-John Quincy Adams -Henry Clay (anti-Jackson) -William Crawford -Andrew Jackson Clay used his influ to get Adams elected & in exchange appointed Sec. of State |
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John Adams as president
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Internal improvements: Nt'l Univ., Planetarium, roads, etc.
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Election of 1828
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End of single party:
Jackson = DemRepub (eventual Democrat) Adams =Nt'lRepub (eventual Whig) |
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Tariff-Nullification Crisis
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Calhoun writes S.C. Exposition
SC refuse pay taxes Tariff of 1828=Tariff of Abominations |
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Peggy Eaton Affair
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aka: Pettycoat War
Mrs. Calhoun snubs Peggy Eaton (wife of Sec. of War) drives Jackson and Calhoun appart |
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Pettycoat War
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aka: Peggy Eaton Affair
Mrs. Calhoun snubs Peggy Eaton (wife of Sec. of War) drives Jackson and Calhoun appart |
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Webster-Hayne Debate (1832)
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Senator Hayne (SC) vs. Webster (northern advocate)
Webster puts Bill to limit western land sales; Hayne protests |
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Ordinance of Nullification
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Calhoun *openly* refuses tariff
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Force Bill
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Jackson authorizes troops into SC to enforce tariff`
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Election of 1836
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Martin VanBuren = Democrat
wins against several Whig candidates |
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Panic of 1837
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crop failures, land specualtion, wild cat banks, econ. trouble in Britain
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Divorce Bill
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VanBuren's Independent Treasury
divorces Federal $ from private enterprises Repealed in 1840 |
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Election of 1832
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Jackson (D) --> Wins
Clay (Nt'l Republican) BUS major issue |
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Tariff of Abominations
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1828 Tariff Bill under Jackson
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Maysville Road Veto
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Jackson vetoed a bill to purchase stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company, which had been organized to construct a road linking Lexington and the Ohio River (KT) part of the national Cumberland Road system.
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Cherokee Nation versus Georgia
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GA state law try to push out Cherokee
John Ross (Cherokee leader) appeals to Congress, not Jackson Jackson supports GA Congress supports Jackson w/ Indian Removal Act |
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Compromise Tariff/Compromise of 1833
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After Jackson's Force Bill/Ordinance of Nullification...
Clay's compromise that Jackson would lower the tariff gradually |
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Independent Treasury Act
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aka Divorce Bill-divorced federal money from private enterprises
Van Buren's only accomplishment later repealed by Congress |
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5 Civilized Tribes
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Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
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Whig Party evolved from
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National Republican
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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US gets FL
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Stephen Austin
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led 300 American families into TX
outnumbered Mexicans 3:1 |
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Mexican law
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Outlaws slavery
Mandates Roman Catholicism Closed border to US Santa Anna abolishes local gov'ts |
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Sam Houston
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leads TX rebellion
GAS (Goliad--Alamo--SanJacinto) |
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Goliad Massacre
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Mex.army captures Goliad
STEP 1 |
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Alamo
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Mex. army takes TX fort
held out for 13 days STEP 2 |
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San Jacinto
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Houston defeats Mex. during siesta
Santa Anna captured agrees to release TX N. of Rio Grande Lone Star Republic est. |
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President Polk
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Elected 1844 on Expansionist Ticket`
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Year of TX annexation
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1845
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John Slydell
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Sent by Polk to Mex. to discuss purchase of Mex. southwest and settle TexMex border
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General Zachary Taylor
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crosses Nueces R. to Rio Grande
"Amer. blood spilled on Amer. soil" |
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Years of Mex-Amer War
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1846-1848
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Long term causes of Mex-Amer War
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1. Manifest Destiny
2. Mex. refusal to sell western lands to US |
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Immediate causes of Mex-Amer War
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1. TX annexation/border dispute
2. Polk's election 3. Amer blood spilled on Amer soil (Mex vs. Taylor) |
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Buena Vista
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Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Santa Anna
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Vera Cruz
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Gen. Winfield Scott captures Vera Cruz and Mex. City
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
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Mex. recognizes Rio Grande border
Mex. Cession (CA, NV, UT) for $15 mil. |
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Mex. Cession
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CA, NV, UT
parts of CO, AZ, NM |
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Wilmot Proviso
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Mex. Cession = free states
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Oregon Annexation
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Democrats want 54^ 40'
Polk compromises w/ Brit: 49^ |
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Ostend Manifesto
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Ostend, Belgium
secret negotiations w/ Sp. to buy Cuba |
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Gadsden Purchase
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Pres. Pierce buys southern AZ from Mex. for $10 mil. to build transcont. RR
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Comp of 1820
aka Missouri Comp (1821) |
1. Missouri = slave state
2. Maine = free state 3. No slavery north of 36^ 30' |
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Great Comp of 1850
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1. No slave trade in Washington DC
2. UT and NM -= pop. sov. 3. Fugitive Slave Law |
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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1. South can claim runaways w/o trial by jury
2. bounty hunters 3. All must help catch slaves |
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Personal liberty laws
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Northern states passed these in defiance of Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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The Impending Crisis of the South
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by Hinton Helper
slavery = economically harmful to S. poor white farmers |
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William Garrison
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The Liberator (Boston newspaper)
pro-emancipation |
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Frederick Douglas' newspaper
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The North Star (Rochester)
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Nat Turner
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Slave revolt in VA
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Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
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KN and NB = pop sov
broke MO Comp. of 1820 border ruffians Civil War |
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Lawrence
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pro-slavery faction burns Lawrence, an abolitionist town, in KN
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Dred Scott versus Sandford
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Chief Justice Roger Taney
1. Slaves = property so can't sue 2. Slaves not citizens so can't sue 3. GOV'T CAN'T REGULATE SLAVERY IN TERRITORIES nullified MO Comp. |
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Chief Justice Roger Taney
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Dred Scott ruling
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John Brown
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raid in KN
raid on Harper's Ferry to give slaves weapons but failed martyr for abolitionist cause |
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Freeport Doctrine
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Lincoln-Douglas debates
Pop sov. > Dred Scott decision that slavery cannot be excluded from territories Douglas wins Senate seat splits Northern/southern Democrats |
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Years of Civil War
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1861-1865
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McClellan's Peninsular Campaign
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amphibious assualt towards Richmond
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Stonewall Jackson
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Confederate general in Bull Runs
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Antietam
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aka Sharpsburg, MARYLAND
Lee vs. McClellan Union wins but does not finish off Lee |
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Liberates slaves in rebelling states only
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Border States
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MO, KT, WV, MD, DE
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Jeb Stuart
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"eyes" of Lee in Gettysburg
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Lee's goals @ Gettysburg
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1. destroy Union
2. Threaten Washington to surrender 3. get Euro. aid |
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Gettysburg lasted ___ days
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3
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Pickett's Charge
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during Gettysburg
Lee loses Gettysburg |
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Vicksburg
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Rebels surrender to grant on July 4th in Mississippi
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Immediate results of Civil War (3)
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1. Northern Republicans supreme
2. End of Southern Cotton kingdom 3. Rise of industrialization over agriculture |
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Years of Reconstruction
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1865-1877
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The Proclamation of Pardon and Reconstruction
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aka Lincoln's 10% Plan
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Wade-Davis Bill
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Radical Repub plan
50%+ take oath Ironclad oath-deny disloyalty completely Lincoln pocket vetoes it |
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Lincoln's VP that takes over
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Andrew Johnson
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Johnson's Plan
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1. 10%
2. states must ratify 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) 3.declare secession and slavery illegal in state const. |
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14th Amendment
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1. Ex-slaves are citizens
2. = protection under law |
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Military Reconstruction Act
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1. 5 military districts
2. martial law 3. majority must take ironclad oath 4. new state Const. incl. 14th Amendment and black suffrage |
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Samuel Chase
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Supreme Court Chief Justice approves Mil. Reconst.
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Army Act
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Limits Pres.' rights over army
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Tenure of Office Act
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Pres. cannot fire cabinet w/o Senate approval
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Johnson is impeached b/c
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Fires Rad Repub Sec of War Edward Stanton
Violates Tenure of Office Act NOT CONVICTED |
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Scalawags
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Southern Republicans
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Carpet Baggers
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Northerners who went South
business investors teachers missionaries |
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Black Codes
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1. Curfews
2. Sharecropping 3. Can't testify in court 4. no interracial marriage 5. no weapons |
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Union League
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Repub. org. that monitored bl.voting
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Invisible Empire of South
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KKK
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Force Acts of 1870-1871
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Grant sends troops South to stop KKK
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Predominant religions of black community
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Negro Baptist
African Methodist |
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Election of 1868 (who won)
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Grant won b/c war popularity
Congress turns greedy |
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Fisk/Gould Scandal
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Gold inflation
Black Friday |
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Credit-Mobilier Scandal
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Hired by Union Pacific RR to build transcont RR
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Whiskey Ring
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Gov't gets kickbacks from liquor industry
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Election of 1872
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Greeley (Liberal Repub) vs. Grant (Repub)
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By 1876, Mil Reconst ends in all but (3) states
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SC, LA, FL
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Election of 1876
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Tilden (D) vs. Hayes (R)
Tilden won popular vote but compromise that Hayes wins & mil reconst ends in FL, SC, LA |
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Compromise of 1877
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1. Hayes = Pres.
2. Mil. Reconst over in SC, LA, FL |
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Confederate Constitution (5)
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-Protective tariffs prohibited
-Slavery protected -One 6 yr. term for presidency -President can veto single items in appropriations bill -State sovereignty above all |
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Crittenden Compromise
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By KY Senator John Crittenden
-Can never abolish slavery where it existed -MO Comp. line extend to Pacific |
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US Assets in Civil War
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-$
-bigger pop. -industry -navy -RR -organized gov't |
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Confederate Assets in Civil War
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-European ties
-Better military leaders -supplies -home turf |
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NY Draft Riot
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against conscription bill (1863)
rich could hire substitutes |
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Confederate conscription started in this year
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1862
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Lincoln's 5 Acts
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-blockade
-increase army size -$2 mil. to war contractors -suspended Habeus Corpus -shut down newspapers |
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Democrats (1832/36)
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-Pro-Jackson
-States' rights -working class/farmers -less powerful gov't -anti-national bank/laissez fiare econ. |
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Whigs (1832/36-56)
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-Anti-Jackson
-Gov't communal benefit -Henry Clay/American System -Northern industrialists -Elites -National Bank -Moral reforms |
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American Party (1850's)
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Know-Nothings
-anti-immigrant nativists -anti-German/Irish Catholic -won local/state elections -1852 stole whig votes |
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Free Soil Party (1848-1854)
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Free Soil, Speech, Labor, Men
-anti-slavery, conscience whigs -slavery = competition for whites |
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Election of 1860
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Breckinridge (Dem-S) vs. Douglas (Dem-N) vs. Bell (Constitutional Union) vs. Lincoln (Repub)
Lincoln won (duhh). Southerners declare secession b/c Lincoln won. |