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28 Cards in this Set
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Wilmot proviso |
Meant that California and Utah, New Mexico would be closed for slavery forever. |
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Secession |
Formal withdraw of a state from the union |
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Compromise of 1850 |
This was hoped to settle all questions of controversy between the free and slaved states |
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Henry Clays compromise |
North: California would be a free state South: the fugitive slave law would be improved |
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Popular sovereignty |
The right for people to vote for their state to have slavery or no slavery. |
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Millard Fillmore |
Made it clear that he supported the compromise of 1850. Became president. |
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Frederick Douglass |
African American who was a human rights leader of the abolitionist movement. |
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Fugitive slave act |
Took away the sixth amendment for slaved which was slaves could not be held to a jury it could testify. Played a huge role on the compromise of 1850 |
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Harriet Tubman |
Was a conductor for the Underground Railroad helped 300 slaves. She became a speaker for abolition. |
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Kansas Nebraska act |
Became a law in 1854 allowed states from the 30 36 line of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to be a slaved or free state |
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John Brown |
He led the bloody battle in the civil war called bleeding Kansas |
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Nativism |
The favoritism of native born Americans over immigrants |
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Republican Party |
Horace Greeley was the founder of the Republican Party opposed the Kansas Nebraska act |
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Dred Scott |
Was a slave who was taken north of the Missouri compromise line in 1834 |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Was a republican president did not want slavery and wanted to put a stop to it |
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Missouri compromise |
Made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state but it 1854 it was repealed by the Kansas Nebraska Act |
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Ulysses S grant |
Was a great military commander for for the union |
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Robert E lee |
Johnston was wounded so the commander of the confederate army was passed onto this man |
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McClellan |
Ordered his men aggressively towards Lee and lost by A LOT was fired by Lincoln |
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Battle of Antietam |
The bloodiest single day battle in American history. 26,000 casualties |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war this battle showed that Lee would never posses a threat to the North |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
The south defeated the north at this battle forced the union army to retreat (hooker was general of the union army) Stone Wall Jackson (confederate) was shot in the arm ended up dying |
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Battle of Vicksburg |
Led the confederate army to surrender due to starvation. Cut the confederate army |
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Gettysburg address |
Lincoln delivered this speech led the American people to say the United States are to the United States is |
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William Sherman |
Commander of the military division of Mississippi. This man Wold change the corse of the war along with grant. Both went after Lee and defeated him |
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Appomattox court house |
The terms were very generous. Grant let lees soldiers go home with all possessions and were allowed to keep their guns |
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13th amendment |
Slavery was DONE |
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Emancipation proclamation |
Stated that All persons held as slaves must be freed |
