The formal withdrawal of a state form the union. The southern secession was important because it intensified the resistance between the north and the south.
The right to vote for or against slavery. This was important because it became a compromise between the north and the south.
Protest, Resistance, and Violence
System of escape routes to hide fugitive slaves in the efforts to help them escape to the north. One of the most important figures involved was Harriet Tubman
One of the most famous people/conductors involved in the underground railroad. She was important because she made a total of nineteen trips to the South and in the end, may have helped over 300 slaves find their way to freedom
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This place was important because it was the place that was home to the bloodiest single-day battle in the history of America
The Politics of War
Was an administrative order delivered by Abraham Lincoln (January 1, 1863) freeing the slaves in all the regions behind Confederate lines; It was important because it attracted national attention and gave the war an ethical purpose by turning the brawl into a fight in order to free slaves
Life During Wartime
A draft that forced men to serve in the army; This was important because it led to riots focused on the draft in the North.
A dedicated Nurse for the Union; She is important today because she founded the American Red Cross following the war, which is still around today.
A tax that takes a stated percentage of someone 's income; This was important because it helped to pay for the war as the northern economy had grown
Just after the Southern states in the United States of America seceded from the Union, an eventual bloody war broke out between the Northern States and the Southern States. The United States’ distinctiveness was copied in part by the Civil …show more content…
The victory gained by the Union established the authority of the federal government all over the states.
The period in which the United States began to rebuild all the damage caused by the Civil War; lasted from 1865 until 1877
A minority of Republicans in Congress; led by the Senator of Massachusetts, Charles Sumner, and Representative of Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Stevens.
Lincoln’s successor after the assassination of Lincoln; the major difference happened to be that Johnson wanted to try to disrupt the planters’ power by eliminating high-ranked Confederates and wealthy landowners in the South from taking the oath needed to voting.
Prohibited states from denying rights and privileges to any citizen of the United States; it was intended to overrule the Dred Scott case and the final decision of the case;
Amendment that states that no one person can be kept from voting due to “race, color, or previous servitude.” It was ratified in 1870 by the states;
White Southerners who joined the Party for Republicans; many wanted to improve their financial spot and did not want the former rich planters to recuperate