U.s. History

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Compromise of 1850

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Henry clay's unsuccessful attempt to resolve the conflicts between north and south over slavery

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Kansas - Nebraska Act

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Legislation in 1854 allowing residents of the kansas nebraska territories to decide for themselves whether or not to permit slavery in kansas - nebraska

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Dred Scott V. Sanford

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Supreme court case that stated slaves were not citizens and that slaves were indeed property.

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Harper's Ferry

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Town that John Brown occupied to begin a popular uprising against slavery

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Anaconda Plan

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General winfield scott's strategy for union victory in the civil war

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Gettyburg

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Turning point in the civil war as the 1st major northern victory and great britain decided not to aid the south after they lost.

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Vicksburg

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turning point in the civil war as this battle gave the union control of the mississippi river and it divided the confederate.

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Emancipation proclamation

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President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 executive order granting freedom to slaves in the rebelling states

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13th amendment

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Guarantee that all people were to remain equal

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Reconstruction

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Lincoln's plan to rebuild that south after the civil war rather than punish it

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Radical Republican

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Powerful group of senators and other politicians during reconstruction who opposed president johnson's reconstruction plans.

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14th amendment

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all citizens have the right to vote

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15th amendment

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abolished slavery throughout the u.s.

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texas v. white

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1869 the case involved a claim by the reconstruction gov't of texas that u.s. bands owned by texas since 1850 had been illegally sold by the confederate state during american civil war.

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Jim Crow Laws

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Post civil war laws segregating and restricting african americans in the south.

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Morrill land grant act

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Civil war federal legislation granting land to states loyal to the union for establishing agicultural and technical colleges

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A century of dishonor

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Novel written by Helen Jackson that drew national attention to the sufferings of Native Americans

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Assimilate

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to make like the mainstreams society.

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Dawes severalty act

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Law that provided for native americans to own reservation land privately

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Populist movement

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19th century reform movement meant to increase farmers political power and criticized large corporations.

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Bimetallism

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Basing the u.s. dollar on both a gold and silver standard.

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munn v. illinois

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States had the right to regulate commerce only within it's borders

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Wabash v. illinois

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stated that railroad traffic that crossed state borders could only be regulated by the federal gov't