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52 Cards in this Set
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Missouri Compromise
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Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Louisiana Territory was free
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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Af. Amer. sued for freedom ruled couldn't sue because not a citizen
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Kansas/nebraska act
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slavery in nebraska and kansas would be decided by popular soveirgnty
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crittenden plan
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last effort to save union, fail
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anaconda plan
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destroy south economy
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conscription
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force able men to serve in army
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harriet beecher stowe
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wrote uncle tom's cabin
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roger b. taney
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supreme court justice dred scott case
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john brown
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murdered slave activists at harper's ferry
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stephan a. douglas
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ran against lincoln for 1858 senate favored popular soverignity
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edwin stanton
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us secretaty of war. fired by andrew johnson causing impeachmet
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david farragut
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union captured new orleans largest city in south
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robert e. lee
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conf. commander of army
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robert anderson
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union officer at fort sumter; defeated
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thomas jackson
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stonewall jackson; confederate general
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george meade
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union general at gettysburg
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william tecumseh sherman
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total war through georgia to sea
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samuel j. tilden
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democrat in election of 1876. settled by compromise
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thaddeus steven
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leader of radical republicans
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state's rights
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voluntairily join union = voluntarily leave union
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fugitive slave law
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runaway slaves could be captured and returned giving capturer a reward
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popular soveirgnity
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voting public to determine law
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suffrage
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right to vote
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uncle tom's cabin
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written by harriet beecher stowe
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copperhead
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lincoln's opponents favored slavery peace with south
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border states
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maryland, kentucky, west virginia, delaware, missouri
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contraband
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escaped slave that fought for union
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army of northern virginia
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conederacy
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army of the potomac
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union army
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monitor/merrimack
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iron clad ships. monitor-us, merrimak-conf.
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gettysburg address
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lincoln's speech to honor the dead
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march to sea
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william tecumseh sherman total to savannah
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greenback
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paper money used to pay debt from war
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13th amendment
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freed slaves
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14th amendment
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all are citizens that are born in us
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15th amendmet
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right to vote
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segregation
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seperation by race
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black codes
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laws restricting african americans
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radical republicans
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punish south for war
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compromise of 1877
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hayes became president. removed troops from south and gave funds for railroads.
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contract system
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contracting african americans to plantation
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reconstruction act of 1867
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divided south into military districts. took away confederate leaders voting rights. states must have a new constitution and ratify the 14th amendment before reentry
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scalawag
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poor white farmers who were epublicans
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carpet baggers
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white northerners who rushed to south for political popularity
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lynching
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killing someone without a trial
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civil rights act of 1866
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gave voting to african americans. turned into 14th amendment
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plessy v. ferguson
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segregation is legal if seperate but equal
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panic of 1873
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banks into debt. lost focus on reconstruction
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1st bull run
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conf. victory stonewall jackson and bouregard. union split
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shiloh
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deadliest war so far. grant won but at high cost
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antietam
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extremely deadle. lee's plans found and mcclellan won but didn't finish off lee and easily could have. he was fired
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appatomattox
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lee surrendered to grant ending the war
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