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35 Cards in this Set
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Southerners believed the Constitiution gave them the right to do what?
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The right to retrieve an enslaved person who fled across state lines
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Fugitive slave act
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Required all citizens to help catch runaways slaves or they would be fined or imprisoned if they helped fugitives. Angered the North
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The Kansas Nebraska Act destroyed this party
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Whig Party
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Summarize Dred Scott Act
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Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom because his slaveowner moved to a free state but then he ran away so the court tried to say he still is a slave because he was property but he claims that he once lived on free land so he is free. This became a political issue.
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why did thousands move to California in 1846?
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Gold mining
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describe what Lincoln said in his inaugural speech
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He said he just wants peace between North and South
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Why did Lincoln want to prevent Maryland from seceding?
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Because if Maryland seceded then the N government would be surrounded
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Wilmot Proviso
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Said slavery should be abolished in any lands that were acquired from Mexico
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Most Famous Conductor in U.R
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Harriet Tubman
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What was John Browns intentions of raiding Harper's Ferry?
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He wanted to arm African Americans with weapons to rebel against their owners
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Border States that did not secede from Union
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Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
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Underground Railroad
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system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes to freedom in the North
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Why was Kansas given the name Bleeding Kansas?
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slavery supporters attacked the town Lawrence and burned churches, buildings, a hotel, and the home of the governor
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Frederick Douglas
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was a African American abolitionist who traveled to talk about slavery and helped enslaved people
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what was Lincolns goal at the beginning of Civil War?
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preserve Union even if it meant slavery continued
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Emancipation Proclamation
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declared that all enslaved people are free
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what advantages did the north have over the South
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they have a larger population to help and support them
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13th amendment
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abolished slavery in all U.S
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what signified end of war between North and South
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Lee's troops were surrounded and failed to break through
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Main points of the Anaconda Plan
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cut of souths connections and capture or control a few southern states
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role of women during war
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managed businesses and family, hospitality, nurses for troops
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radical republicans
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had an extreme approach to Reconstruction
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Illegal act common in South during reconstruction
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grafting?
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Ku Klux Klan Act
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members went against Af. Am and burned their homes, churches, schools and even killed
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Lincolns reconctruction plan
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10% of voters in a state had to take oath of loyalty to North/Union and form a new govt. and new const. banning slavery
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Radical Rep. Plan
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develop own plan to rebuild Union
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Johnsons Impeached
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Fired Edwin Stanton without Senate vote and challenged Tenture of Office Act
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Original goal of KKK
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drive out Union troops , carpetbaggars, and regain control of south Democratic Party.
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main goals of radical republicans
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prevent confederate leaders from regaining power, wanted rep party to become powerful in South, wanted federal govt. to help Af. Am achieve political/equality by voting in South
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Reasons why Reconstruction ended
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Democrats rose to power, North grew tired of supporting South's problems
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why did grant win in southern states in election of 1868
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Union troops allowed Af Am to vote in big numbers and northerners were convinced the South was not trustworthy in reconstruction on their own
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Why was there no clear winner during 1876 election
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there was plenty of election fraud
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carpetbaggars
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Northerners who moved to South to support Republicans
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Scalawags
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southern whites who supported Republican Reconstruction in South
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