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17 Cards in this Set
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abolitionist
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one who wanted to free the slaves
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compromise of 1850
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california admitted as a free state, part of texas was given to new mexico, fugitive slave law was strengthened, and utah and new mexico could have the people chose to be a free or slave state
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Battle of Liberty Place
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took place in new orleans and the white league was about to get a big shipment of weapons and the police tried to stop it but the white league took over city hall and President Grant sent troops to restore order
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Knights of the White Camelia
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group of white men who wanted to make sure that blacks were only voting for democrats
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Freedmen's Bureau
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a federal government agency established in 1865 to provide food, shelter, education, health care, and employment for former slaves in the south
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy
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Robert E. Lee
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Confederate Army General
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The White League
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wanted to restore political power to the white democrats
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secession
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the withdrawal of a state from the Union
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sharecropping
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work in exchange for a profit of the crops
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Easter theatre
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Washington, D.C
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Fall of New Orleans
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Union Army took over Fort Jackson to get to New Orleans
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freedmen
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former slaves
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campaign
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a military plan with a specific goal that may have several battles in more than one location
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reconstruction
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the steps taken to restore the southern states to the union and to rebuild the south after the civil war
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Abraham Lincoln
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President of the Union
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PBS Pinchback
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first african american governor in Louisiana
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