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23 Cards in this Set
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First Battle of Bull Run
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1st major battle in the Civil Qar, won by confederate in July 1861
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Anaconda Plan
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The North surrounded the South
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George McClellan
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union general
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Battle of Antietam
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bloodiest day
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Slaves in areas of rebellion against government would be free
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Siege
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Enemy surrounded, starved
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Gettysburg Address
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speech Lincoln gave
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13th Amendment
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1865- abolished slavery
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Pardon
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Forgiveness of a crime
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Freedmen's Bureau
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created by congress, 1st major federal relief agency
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Black codes
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laws that restricted freedom rights
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14th Amendment
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ensured the rights to all United States citizens
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Reconstruction Act of 1867
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scenes of harsh measures against the South
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Impeach
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To charge a public office with wrong doing in the office
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15th Amendment
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1810- guaranteed voting rights
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Carpetbagger
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North went to South
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Scalawags
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White southern republicans
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Sharecropping
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farmers tend some portion of land
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Tenant Farming
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pay a rent
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Ku Klux Klan
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Terrorized blacks
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Lincoln
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very forgiving
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Johnson
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more forgiving
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Congress
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wanted to enforce rights, much harsher
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