Us History Midterm

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Lincoln's way to free slaves from the confederacy; didnt free the border states

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border states

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maryland, kentucky, delaware, missouri

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South after the war

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3rd world nation until oil found in Texas in the 1900's

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Presidential Reconstruction

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President Lincoln and Johnson
Lincoln was shot.

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Impeachment of President ___
by the ____ branch of gov't

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Johnson;
legislative branch
it violated tenure of office act

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impeachment=

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president is guilty of high crimes and misdemenors
found by house of reps.

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Radical Reconstruction

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conducted by Congress

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Martial Law

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military divided the South into 5 different districts

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This would end the blacks chances of gaining equality with whites:

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Northern troops stay in south until 1877

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13th ammendment

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freed all the slaves

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14th ammendment

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gave blacks citizenship

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15th ammendment

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gave blacks the right to vote

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poll tax

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people must pay money to vote

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literacy test

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passed reasing and writing test to vote

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grandfather clause

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grandfather must be born in US, then they get exempt

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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"seperate but equal"
legalized segregation
(bathrooms, fountains, schools)

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carpetbaggers

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ppl in north that helped the south

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scalawags

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ppl in south that helped the north

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election of 1876

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Tilden (D) won popularity, but Hayes (R) won b/c 3 states gave in. Hayes pulled out northern troops & got Fla, S Carolina, and Louisiana

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Black codes

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laws limiting rights of the freed men

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Booker T Washington

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LATER- wanted to become dependent then expected ppl to look up to blacks

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WEB Dubois

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NOW- wanted action ASAP
founded NAACP

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John Marshall

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judicial review

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Marbury vs Madison

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judicial review

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Gibbons vs Ogden

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congress controlls interstate trade

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McClulluch vs Maryland

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states cannot tax federal property

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Dred Scott vd Sanford

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declares missouri compromise unconstitutional

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Schneck vs US

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Civil liberties are not absolute; freedoms can be limited

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Roe vs Wade

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a womans right to privacy (abortion)

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Monroe Doctrine

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Europeans must stay out of Western Hemisphere

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War of 1812

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US> Great Britain

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Manifest destiny

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the will to obtain all land from east to west coast of USA

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War with mexico

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50% of their territory is now ours

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Sectionalism

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economic differences

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North (sectionalism)

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industry, immigrants, factories, urban cities

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South(sectionalism)

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cash crops, plantations, agriculturally based

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West (sectionalism)

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farms, Oregon trail, rural, natives, gold

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Causes of Civil War

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1. Lincoln elected in 1860
2. sectionalism
3. breakdown of compromise (clay is dead)
4. slavery (abolitionists fight)
5. different interpretations of constitution

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Gettysburg

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Meade>Lee
turning point

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loose constructionist

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doesnt follow constitution verbatum; HAMILTON *elastic clause

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Strict Interpretation

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Jefferson; almost sick from Louisianna purchase

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lobby groups

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persuation (votes, $, flattery)

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elastic clause

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necessary and proper to stretc h the rules to fith their powers

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bill of rights

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first 10 ammendments to constitution

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preamble

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first part of constitution

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special interest groups

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NRA; MADD- they hire interest groups

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electoral college

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270 votes to win; they elect the president
*founding fathers thought ppl were stupid

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amendments

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changes to the constitution; legislative checking judicial

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unwritten constitution

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judicial review, political parties, cabinet

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3rd political parties

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create concern when 2 major parties dont get most of the votes

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federalism

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power is divided between federal and state powers

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house of representatives

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propose and vote on laws. 435 members; depends on population; term=2yrs

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senate

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approves treaties+ pres. appointments; 6yr terms

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judicial branch

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interprets the law. settles disputes

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executive brance

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gov't that administers laws and other affairs

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presidents roll

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commander in chief
cheif executive
head of political party

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A supporter of the Jacksonian democracy would have favored the idea of

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the spoils system

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abolitionist

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wants to end slavery

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Lincolns rold in civil war

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defend and preserve the untion

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result of civil war:

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slavery ended

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radical republicans opposed lincolns reconstruction plan b.c.

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it allowed the election of confederate leaders

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Jim Crowe laws

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laws that introduced racial segregation

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New England colonies:

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Massachusettes, Conn., Rhode Island, New Hampshire

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Middle colonies

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delaware, penn, ny, nj

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southern colonies

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marylan, virginia, n&s carolina, georgia

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mayflowed compact

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fist plan of gov't in new world

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new england town meetings

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ppl came together to vote. each person has a voice

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virgina house of burgesses

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choose ppl to make decisions for them

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lexington and concord

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SPARK! that causes rev. war

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saratoga

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TURNING POINT, US crushes burgoine & French come to help

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yorktown

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closing battle

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declaration of independence

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NOT a plan of gov't, but a list of grievences

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artivles of confederation

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weak plan of gov't

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constitution

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written plan of gov't
*bill of rights
*amendments 1-10
*3 branches of govt

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1st amenment

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freedom to assembly, press, religion, speech

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amendment 10

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any rights not given to fed gov't are given to the states

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John Locke

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natural rights: life, liberty, property

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Thomas Paine

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wrote common sense; stirs patriotistic feelings

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the was americans faught WITH british against an enemy based in canada

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french and indian war

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colonist thought laws should be passed:

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only colonists elected representatives

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Articles of Confed

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americans fear abused powers, wanted a weak central gov't

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election of 1868

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general grant elected: south is under Martial law, miliatary runs south
grant=corruption

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KKK

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terrorized newly freed blacks

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black codes

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blacks couldnt
1. serve on juries
2. hold office
3. pass @night

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brown vs board of ed contradicted:

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plessy bs. ferg.

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Habieus corpus

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civil liberties

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Stephen Douglas

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debated Lincoln

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Jefferson Davis

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pres. of confederacy

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harriet tubman

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underground railroad

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fredrick douglas

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former runaway- abolitionist

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harriet beecher stowe

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wrote uncle toms cabin; northern abolitionist

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reconstruction

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period immediately following civil war