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29 Cards in this Set
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Secession - The orginal 7
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SC, TX, GA, AL, FL, MS, LA
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The first captial - CSA
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Montgomery Alabama
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Last attempts at compromise
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Crittendon Proposals, VA Peace Convention
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Opening shots April 12, 1861
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Fort Sumter
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Lincoln Calls for 75,000 Volunteers
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VA, AR, NC, TN Join Condederacy
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Loyal Slave States
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DE, MD, KY, MO
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Advantages of the North
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Greater Population, Industrial base, superior Resources
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Advantages of the South
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Cotton, Superior Military Leaders
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Gradual Compensated emancipation
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Lincoln's original idea for emancipation
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Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862
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Slaves freed in states in rebellion as of 1/1/63
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Union financing of the war
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National Bank Act of 1863, Taxing, Borrowing, Legal Tender "Greenbacks"
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Confederate financing of the war
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Taxes, Bond Issues, Paper Money
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Total Casualties (Deaths)
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Over 600,000
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Casualties in all other US Wars (Deaths)
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Less than 600,000
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Lee Surrenders to grant
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Appomattox Court House, 4/9/65
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Lincoln Assassinated
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April 15 1865
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Lincoln's 10% Plan
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Restored a seceded state upon request of 10 of 1860 Voters
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Lincoln's Provisional Governments restored
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VA, LA, AR, TN
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Wade Davis Bill
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Restored a state upon request of majority of voters - Lincoln gave it a pocket veto
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Johnson Reconstruction policy
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General Amnesty to all except ex-confederates and rebels whose wealth exceeded $20,000; must swear allegiance to US and ratify 13th amendment
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Johnson Governments
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NC, MS, GA, TX, AL, SC, FL
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Congress refuses to seat Johnson Governments
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Failure of Lincoln Johnson Presidential reconstruction
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Thadeus Stevens, Charles Sumner; Ben Wade (Radical Republican Reconstruction)
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Radical Republican Leaders
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Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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Proposes Radical Reconstruction Measures, Including the 14th Amendment
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Freedman's Bureau
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Established to protect rights of freed slaves
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Civil Rights Act of 1866
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Confers citizenship and legal equality
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Command of the Army Act
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Divides south into 5 military districts
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Tenure of office act
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Forbade president to dismiss cabinet officers without senate approval
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Johnson impeached for "High crimes and misdemeanors" Chiefly for violation of the Tenure of Office Act of 1867
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Senate failed to convict and remove from office
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