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27 Cards in this Set
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The strong agricultural economy o f the South overshadowed the development of __________.
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industry
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road to freedom traveld by many slaves.
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underground railroad
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Kentucky senator known as the Great___________, Henry clay.
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compromiser
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Laws passed by southern states to control slaves.
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slave codes
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people who spoke out against slavery
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abolitionists
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National Anti-slavery Society founder, Lucretia ____________.
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Molt
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This political party called of an end to slavery
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Liberty
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Slaves were legally classified as property or ____________.
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chattel
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The majority of Southerners were small __________.
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Farmers
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The number of slave states
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15
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African american preacher Nat ______ led slave revolt.
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turner
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Novelist Harriet Beecher ______ criticized slavery.
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Stowe
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Pressident after war: assassinated in 1865
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Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln's plan for reconstruction.(When 10% of each voters swore loyalty to the Union they could form a state government)
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10% plan for reconstruction
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Organization set up by ongress to help freed slaves.
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Freedman's Bureau
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First blacks elected to the US senate
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Hiram R. Revels and Blanche K. Bruce
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Said the south would be ruled by the Union Army until state governments were formed; run by blacks and whites who had been loyal to the union.
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1867 Reconstruction Act
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Northerners who moved to the South after the war to profit finacially; the term was considered an epithet as many southernconversations thought they ere political and financial opportunists.
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Carpetbagger
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man who assassinated Pres. Abe. Lincoln
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john wilkes booth
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US president from 1865- 1869 the only president to be impeached(but not convicted)
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Andrew Johnson
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Bringing charges against a president to remove him.
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impeachment
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tenant farmers who recieved credit for seed, tools, living quarters, etc. from their landowners; after their crops were harvested thaty received an agreed percentageof the profit minus their credit charges.
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sharecroppers
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secret white supremacists group formed to hold blacks down by terror.
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Klu Klux Klan(KKK)
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officailly abolished slavery
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13th amendment
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Defined citizen as any person born in or naturalized in the US
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14th amendment
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gave all citizens(including blacks) the right to vote.
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15th amendment
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law that made blacks citizens of the US
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1866 Civil Rights Act
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