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30 Cards in this Set
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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law passed in 1854 allowing tese two territories to decide for themselves wheter or not to allow slavery
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Uncle Toms Cabin
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a novel that talked about the cruelties of slavery
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Dred Scott
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Enslaved african american who claimed he was free because he had lived in free sttes. his claim led to a key Supreme Court case
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John Brown
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Abolitionist who believed in the use of force to oppose slavery . He was hanged for leading a raid on harpers ferry va in 1859
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secede
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to break away from a group as the Southern states broke away from the US
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Confederate States of America(Confederacy)
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formed by the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president
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Union
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The United States of America
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Fort Sumpter
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fort in Charleston harbor, SC site of teh first battle of the Civil War in 1861
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civil war
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war between people of the same country
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blockade
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shutting off an area by troops or ships to keep people an dsupplies from moving in or out
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Anaconda Plan
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union strategy for defending the Confederacy
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Emancipation Proclamation
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statement issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing all slaves in Confederate states still at war
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Union victory over Confederate forces in 1863 near Gettysburg, PA that marked a turning point of Civil War
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Jenny Wade
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Jennie Wade was the only civilian to die in the Battle of Gettysburg. The man she loved was also a casualty of the Civil War
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total war
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method of warfare used by Union General William Sherman in which both the opposing army and an enemy's civilian population are targets
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March to the Sea
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Appomattox Court House
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town in Central VA site of Confederate General Lee's surrender to Union Confederate General Grant ending the Civil War
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assassination
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killing of a high ranking official or leader
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Reconstruction
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period of rebuilding after teh Civil War during which the Southern States rejoined the Union
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13th Amendment
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amendment to the Constitution in 1865 that ended slavery
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14th Amendment
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amendment to the Constitution that said that no state could deny any citizen the equal protection of the law
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15th Amendment
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amendment that gave the right to vote to male citizens of all races
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black codes
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laws passed by Southern State government after the civil war that denied African Americans many civil rights
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Federal agency set up in 1865 that provided food, , schools and medical care to freed slaves in the South
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KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
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people who hated black people
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poll tax
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tax levied equally on all: a flat-rate tax levied on all members of a population, often as a prerequisite to voting
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"grandfathers clause"
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a clause in some Southern U.S. states' constitutions, subsequently declared unconstitutional, that waived electoral literacy requirements for descendants of those allowed to vote before 1867.
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Jim Crow Laws
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law passed in the South after reconstruction establishing segregation of whites and blacks
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segregation
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seperation of people of different races
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share cropping
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system of farming in which farmers rented land and paid the landowners with a share of the crops they raised
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