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CONSCRIPTION
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DRAFT INTO ARMED FORCES
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GREENBACKS
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CURRENCY ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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WAR BONDS
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LOANS BY CITIZENS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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NATIONAL BANK ACT
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1863 ACT THAT ESTABLISHED CRITERIA BY WHICH BANKS COULD BE CHARTERED NATIONAL BANKS AND ISSUE CURRENCY
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
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PRESIDENT OF THE CSA
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RADICAL REPUBLICANS
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REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT PUSHED FOR EMANCIPATION OF BLACKS DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND PUNISHMENT OF THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION
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CHARLES SUMNER
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MA REPUBLICAN WHO, WITH THADDEUS STEVENS, LED RADICAL REPUBLICANS
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THADDEUS STEVENS
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PA. REPUBLICAN WHO, WITH CHARLES SUMNER, LED RADICAL REPUBLICANS
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MARTIAL LAW
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LEGAL SITUATION DURING WHICH MILITARY TAKES TEMPORARY CONTROL OF CIVIL JUSTICE
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HABEAS CORPUS
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A COURT ORDER REQUIRING THAT THE ACCUSED BY INFORMED OF THE REASON FOR ARREST
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EX PARTE MERRYMAN
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SUPREME COURT RULING THAT LINCOLN EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY BY SUSPENDING HABEAS CORPUS
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ANACONDA PLAN
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UNION PLAN TO DEFEAT CSA BY BLOCKADING THE COAST & CONTROLLING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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RICHMOND
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CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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FIRST BULL RUN
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JULY 1861 FIRST BATTLE OF CIVIL WAR, WON BY CSA
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GEORGE MECLELLAN
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UNION GENERAL IN EAST DURING 1861-2, LOST SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES AND ANTIETAM
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ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
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MAJOR UNION ARMY IN THE EAST
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PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
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MCCLELLAN'S FAILED PLAN TO TAKE RICHMOND BY SHIPPING TROOPS TO TIP OF JAMES/YORK PENINSULA & MOVE NW TO RICHMOND
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STONEWALL JACKSON
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CONFEDERATE GENERAL WHO HELPED DEFEATED UNION AT BULL RUN AND SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES
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ROBERT E. LEE
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MOST IMPORTANT CONFEDERATE GENERAL
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SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES
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1862 BATTLES IN WHICH LEE'S BOLDNESS DEFEATED MCCLELLAN'S CAUTION DURING THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN
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ANTIETAM
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1862 BATTLE IN WHICH LEE'S INVASION OF MARYLAND WAS BARELY DEFEATED BY MCCLELLAN
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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UNION GENERAL IN THE WEST, LATER OVERALL UNION COMMANDER
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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UNINO GENERAL & GRANT PROTEGE WHOSE MARCH TO THE SEA HELPED DESTROY THE CSA'S ABILITY TO FIGHT THE WAR
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BATTLE OF SHILOH
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1862 GRANT VICTORY IN TENNESSEE WHICH ENSURED UNION CONTROL OF NORTHERN MISS. RIVER
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COTTON DIPLOMACY
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TERM REFERRING TO THE CSA'S HOPES THAT EUROPE'S NEED FOR SOUTHERN COTTON WOULD LEAD TO RECOGNITION AND CRUCIAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE
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MERRIMAC
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UNION FRIGATE REMADE INTO CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD NAMED VIRGINIA, DEFEATED BY USS MONITOR AT BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS
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VIRGINIA
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CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD DEFEATED BY USS MONITOR
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MONITOR
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UNION IRONCLAD THAT DEFEATED SOUTHERN IRONCLAD VIRGINIA (AKA MERRIMAC)
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NAPOLEON III
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FRENCH EMPEROR WHOSE DESIGNS ON MEXICO ALMOST LED HIM TO HELP CSA
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TRENT AFFAIR
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BRITISH VESSEL CARRYING CSA DIPLOMATS THAT WAS BOARDED BY UNION TROOPS, PROVOKED ANTI-UNION FEELINGS IN BRITAIN
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CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
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UNION DIPLOMAT WHO KEPT BRITAIN NEUTRAL DURING CIVIL WAR
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LAIRD RAMS
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BRITISH IRONCLADS COMMISSIONED BY CSA
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CONTRABAND
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GENERAL TERM FOR ILLEGALLY SMUGGLED GOODS, MEANT ESCAPED SLAVES DURING CIVIL WAR
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CONFISCATION ACTS
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UNION LAWS THAT AUTHORIZED SEIZURE OF ALL PROPERTY, INC. SLAVES, USED IN MILITARY AID OF REBELLION
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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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1863 DECREE THAT DECLARED ALL SLAVES UNDER REBEL CONTROL FREE
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GETTYSBURG
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JULY 1863 DEFEAT OF LEE'S SECOND INVASION OF THE NORTH
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VICKSBURG
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JULY 1863 GRANT VICTORY THAT SOLIDIFIED UNION CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI
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USMRR
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GOVERNMENT-BUILT RAILROAD NETWORK DESIGNED TO CARRY TROOPS & SUPPLIES TO THE FRONT
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PACIFIC RAILROAD ACT OF 1862
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GOVERNMENT PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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HOMESTEAD ACT
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1862 GOVERNMENT PROGRAM GRANTING LAND TO SETTLERS WHO LIVED ON IT FOR 5 YEARS
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MORRILL LAND GRANT ACT
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FEDERAL PROGRAM TO HELP STATES ESTABLISH UNIVERSITIES
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WAR DEMOCRATS
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DEMOCRATS WHO SUPPORTED WAR TO PRESERVE THE UNION
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PEACE DEMOCRATS
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DEMOCRATS WHO DEMANDED AN END TO CIVIL WAR, ALSO CALLED COPPERHEADS
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COPPERHEADS
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DEMOCRATS WHO DEMANDED AN END TO CIVIL WAR, ALSO CALLED PEACE DEMOCRATS
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ANTI-DRAFT RIOTS
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1863 RIOTS BY URBAN WORKERS WHO FEARED LOSING JOBS TO FREE BLACKS
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EX-PARTE MILLIGAN
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SUPREME COURT RULING THAT CIVILIANS CANNOT BE TRIED IN MILITARY COURTS WHEN CIVIL COURTS ARE AVAILABLE
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DOROTEA DIX
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ASYLUM REFORMER OF 1840'S WHO LED UNION NURSING CORPS DURING CIVIL WAR
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CLARA BARTON
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UNION NURSE IN CIVIL WAR WHO LATER FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
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ANDERSONVILLE
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CONFEDERATE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP FAMOUS FOR ITS AWFUL CONDITIONS
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NATIONAL UNION PARTY
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PARTY FORMED BY REPUBLICANS FOR 1864 ELECTION
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ANDREW JOHNSON
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LINCOLN'S SOUTHERN AND DEMOCRATIC VICE-PRESIDENT, LATER PRESIDENT DURING RECONSTRUCTION & IMPEACHMENT CRISES
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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT ABOLISHED SLAVERY
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TOTAL WAR
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GENERAL UNION STRATEGY OF GRANT AND SHERMAN IN 1864-5
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SHERMAN'S MARCH
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1864-5 MARCH WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO DESTROY THE SOUTH'S WILL AND ABILITY TO CONTINUE THE CIVIL WAR
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PETERSBURG
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RAILROAD HUB SOUTH OF RICHMOND WHOSE FALL TO GRANT LED TO THE FALL OF RICHMOND AND THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
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SITE OF THE APRIL 1865 SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERACY
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ENFRANCHISEMENT
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GRANT OF SUFFRAGE
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SUFFRAGE
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RIGHT TO VOTE
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10% PLAN
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LINCOLN'S LENIENT STANDARD FOR NUMBER OF OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE THAT WOULD PERMIT RE-ENTRY OF SOUTHERN STATE INTO THE UNION
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WADE-DAVIS PLAN
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RADICAL REPUBLICAN'S ANSWER TO LINCOLN'S PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION, REQUIRING 50% ALLEGIANCE & STATE CONVENTIONS
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PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
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1865-6 PHASE OF RECONSTRUCTION, GENERALLY MORE LENIENT
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BLACK CODES
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SOUTHERN LAWS THAT SEVERELY RESTRICTED FORMER SLAVES' ECONOMIC AND CIVIC BEHAVIOR
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FREEDMEN'S BUREAU
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FEDERAL AGENCY THAT PROVIDED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATION TO FORMER SLAVES
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CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
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FEDERAL LAW, VETOED BY JOHNSON, THAT GUARANTEED BLACK CITIZENSHIP AND AUTHORIZED FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN SOUTHERN STATES' ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE BLACKS' RIGHTS
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FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
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1866 AMENDMENT THAT GUARANTEED BLACK CITIZENSHIP AND REQUIRED STATES TO GUARANTEE DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION
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RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 1867
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RADICAL REPUBLICAN LEGISLATION THAT INVALIDATED STATE GOVERNMENTS FORMED DURING PRESIDENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION AND DIVIDED SOUTHERN STATES INTO MILITARY DISTRICTS UNDER MILTARY GOVERNORS
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TENURE OF OFFICE ACT
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SENATE ACT REQUIRING PRESIDENT TO GET SENATE APPROVAL TO FIRE CIVIL OFFICERS, LED TO IMPEACHMENT OF JOHNSON
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FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
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1870 AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITED DENIAL OF SUFFRAGE BASED ON COLOR OR RACE
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MINOR V. HAPPERSETT
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SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT PERMITTING STATES TO DENY SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN
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CARPETBAGGERS
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OPPORTUNISTIC NORTHERNERS WHO MOVED SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION
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SCALAWAGS
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WHITE SOUTHERNERS WHO SUPPORTED REPUBLICAN RECONSTRUCTION
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KU KLUX KLAN
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VIGILANTE GROUPS WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO DENY BLACK SUFFRAGE AND UNDERMINE REPUBLICAN RULE BY INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE
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ENFORCEMENT ACTS
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FEDERAL LAWS DESIGNED TO PROTECT BLACK VOTERS IN THE SOUTH DURING RECONSTRUCTION
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KU KLUX KLAN ACT
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THIRD FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT ACT WHICH STRENGTHENED FEDERAL MEASURES AGAINST THOSE WHO PREVENT BLACKS FROM VOTING
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DEMOCRATIC REDEMPTION
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TERM REFERRING TO RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRATIC AND ANTI-BLACK GOVERNMENTS IN THE SOUTH DURING LATER RECONSTRUCTION
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1861-1865
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CIVIL WAR
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1865-1877
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RECONSTRUCTION
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1865-1866
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PREDIENTIAL RECONSTRUCTION
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1866-1877
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CONGRESSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
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DATE OF BATTLE OF BULL RUN
SEVEN DAY'S BATTLE |
BATTLES FOUGHT IN 1861
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DATE OF ANTIETAM
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BATTLE FOUGHT IN 1862
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DATE OF EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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1863
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DATE OF BATTLES OF GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG
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BATTLES FOUGHT IN 1863
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DATE OF APPOMATTOX & MURDER OF LINCOLN
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1865
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DATE OF IMPEACHMENT OF JOHNSON
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1868
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TOPEKA GOVERNMENT
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FREE STATE GOVERNMENT OF KANSAS
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JOHN BROWN
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ABOLITIONIST FANATIC INVOLVED IN BLEEDING KANSAS AND THE HARPER'S FERRY RAID
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COTTON WHIGS
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SOUTHERN PRO-SLAVE WHIGS
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CONSCIENCE WHIGS
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NORTHERN ANTI-SLAVE WHIGS
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FREEPORT DOCTRINE
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STEPHEN DOUGLAS POSITION AT HIS SENATORIAL DEBATES WITH LINCOLN, SAID THAT IF TERRITORY CAN'T PROHIBIT SLAVERY, THEN AT LEAST IT CAN REFUSE TO PROTECT IT
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HARPER'S FERRY
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SITE OF 1859 RAID BY JOHN BROWN THAT BROUGHT CIVIL WAR CLOSER
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LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
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1858 SENATORIAL DEBATES THAT DISCUSSED POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND FREE SOIL
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DEEP SOUTH
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SLAVE STATES OF TEXAS, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA, FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AKA LOWER SOUTH, FIRST STATES TO SECEDE
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CONFDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
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NATION FORMED IN MONTGOMERY IN FEB. 1861 AFTER SECESSION OF DEEP SOUTH
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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REPUBLICAN PARTY FOUNDER AND FREE-SOILER ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860; HIS ELECTION CAUSED SECESSION OF THE DEEP SOUTH
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