History Chapter 14 Test

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Zachary Taylor

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who won the election of 1848

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California

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petitioned for admission to the union as a free state

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Henry Clay

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came up with the Compromise of 1850 which enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

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Daniel Webster

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gave the 7th of March speech where he supported the Fugitive Slave Law

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Fugitive Slave Law

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required Northern states to return runaway slaves to the South

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Underground Railroad

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sections of secret routes to the North

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Harriet Tubman

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led 300 slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"; wanted to abolish slavery

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Kansas- Nebraska Act

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created two new territories-Kansas and Nebraska

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popular sovereignty

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a state or territory could decide on their own by themselves whether or not to be slave states or territories

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Dred Scott Decision

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strengthened slavery; decided that slaves aren' citizens and they don't have the right to sue in the courts

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John brown and Harper's Ferry

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led a group of men to raid the federal arsonal and kill slave owners and their families. Lee captured him before he carried out his plan and he was hanged for treason

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Abraham Lincoln

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became the first Republican president in 1860

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Jefferson Davis

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the first and only president of the Confederacy

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Fort Sumter

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first battle

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1st battle of Bull Run

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first major battle

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Stonewall Jackson

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got this nickname because he was 'standing like a stone wall .. rally behind the Virginians'

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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate General; apposed slavery; freed all his slaves and was only fighting b/c he was from the South

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Anaconda Plan

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union strategy by General Winfield Scott

1)blockade the entire Southern coastline

2)seize control of the Mississippi

3)divide the South by capturing the Tennessee River Valley

4)capture the Confederate capital at Richmond

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General Ulysses Grant

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union general

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Merrimac

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union sunk this wooded vessel to prevent its capture, the south raised it up, renamed it Virginia and plated it with iron

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Monitor

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the North's first ironclad ship; won the battle

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Battle of Shiloh

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took place in Shiloh, Tennessee

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Battle of Antietam

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bloodiest battle of the War

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Battle of Fredericksburg

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Burnside attempted to capture the Confederate capital but Lee defeated his troops

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Emancipation Proclamation

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declared freedom to slaves from the states that had seceded from the union

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Battle of Gettysburg

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took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; 3 days long and it was the turning point for the union

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Gettysburg Address

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3 minute speech given by Abraham Lincoln

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Battle of Chattanooga

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union forces defeated the Confederate army; allowed the North to invade Georgia

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The United States Christian Commission

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provided Bibles, food, water, clothing, medicine ect.; for Union troops

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General William Tecumseh Sherman

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known for his march to the sea and for the devastating march, destroying many cities

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Appomattox Court House

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location of Lee's surrender to Grant

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War bonds

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notes that could be redeemed after a period of time for their purchase value plus interest

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Greenbacks

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paper money that circulated as regular currency

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Draft system

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men are selected for military service with or without their consent

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West Virginia

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admitted to the Union in 1863; allied themselves with the Union and Virginia allied themselves withe South

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Clara Barton

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known as the Angel of the Battle field and organized the American Red Cross

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600,000

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About How Many Deaths in the Civil War?

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The Lincoln Plan

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showed tons of forgiveness; 1st point was to pardon the South- once 10% of the South signed an oath of loyalty and set up a new government; the 13th amendment and Freedmen's Bureau were also a part of Lincoln's Plan

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13th amendment

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abolished slavery

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Freedmen's Bureau

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the government set this up so that they could help blacks and whites who had lost everything in the War

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Lincoln's Assassination

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John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln in the head and was later captured and killed

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14th amendment

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made freed men citizens of the United States and attempted to safeguard their civil rights

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Reconstruction Act of 1867

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divided the South into 5 different military districts and appointed military officers to govern each district

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Andrew Johnson

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first president to be impeached but was one vote short of being removed from office

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Ulysses S. Grant

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18th president

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15th amendment

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prohibited the federal and state government from denying the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

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Compromise of 1877

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ended reconstruction in the South

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Tuskegee Institute

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founded by Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington

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wrote a book called "Up from Slavery"; attempted Hamilton Institute

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General Samuel C. Armstrong

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a pioneer who had a strong influence on Booker; Booker was chosen by Samuel to build Tuskegee Institute; believed that there should be multiracial schools in the South