Us History Test 3 Vocab

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Slave Codes

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enacted in states permitting slavery, slaves were considered property and not people, laid out the basic laws for slaves

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Underground Railroad

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network of safe houses used to help slaves escape to safety in the north, a lamp burning in the window was an indicator of a friendly house

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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drafted by Stephen Douglas, called for popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories, repealed the Missouri Compromise

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Dred Scott v. Sanford

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ruled that it violated the 5th Amendment, slaves were property and could not sue, increased the intensity over slavery

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John Brown/Harper's Ferry

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radical abolitionist wishing to set up a freed slave community in the Appalachian Mountains, captured arsenal, was captured and sentenced to hang, struck fear into much of the south

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Jefferson Davis

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temporary president of the Confederacy, was not excited about his newly appointed position

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Fort Sumter

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the first shots of the Civil War were fired here

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Secession

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withdrawing from the Union, SC was the first to do this, claimed govt. had failed to protect slavery and the property rights of slaverholders

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Anaconda Plan

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the North's plan to conquer the South, called for a blockade of all Southern ports and the division of the South down the Mississippi River

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Antietam

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September 17,1862, single bloodiest day in American history with 23,000 casualities

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Gettysburg

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the largest battle ever fought on American soil, three days in July 1863, Pickett's charge

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Robert E. Lee

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torn between fighting for the North and the South, sided with his home state of VA, 1862 he assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia

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Ulysses S. Grant

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elected president in 1868, was named commanding general of the northern armies in 1864, in charge of the siege at Vicksburg

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Carpetbaggers

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northern Republicans who took part in the south's rebirth, wanted to help rebuild the south's economy, name comes from southerners belief that they were low class, uneducated individuals

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Sharecroppers

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employer provides land, seed, tools, mule, and cabin, received a share of their employers' crop

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Grandfather Clause

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voting status based on that of your grandfather, an attempt at foiling blacks from voting

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13th Amendment

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officially ended slavery, passed Congress in 1865

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14th Amendment

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required all states to grant citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the US"

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15th Amendment

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stated that people could not be denied the right to vote because of their race, criticized by women