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4214575961Fort SumpterWhere first shot was fired that began the civil war.0
4214582240Election of 1860Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.1
4214584383Battle of GettysburgTurning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.2
4214586536Battle of Bull RunJuly 21, 1861. Va. (outside of D.C.) People watched battle. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: Confederate general, held his ground and stood in battle like a "stone wall." Union retreated. Confederate victory. Showed that both sides needed training and war would be long and bloody3
4214588501Sherman's march to the Seaduring the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along there way.4
4214590383Battle of AntietamCivil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties5
4214593538Appomattox Court HouseFamous as the site of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse, where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 18656
4214600249States rightsthe right of states to limit the power of the federal government7
4214604704Battle of Vicksburg1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins8
4214606965Emancipation Proclamation(AL) , Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free9
4214609810Gettysburg AddressA 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg10
4214613284Advantages of the North in the Civil Wara)larger population, b)most of the factories to make supplies, c)most of the railroads located in the north, d)strong Navy, e)more money, f)they had an established government11
4214614661Advantages of the South in the Civil WarExcellent millitary leaders, strong fighting spirit, knew the land12
4214616511Dred Scott DecisionA Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court because he was property, not a citizen.13
4214621340Abraham Lincoln16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)14
4214623143Abraham Lincoln16th president of the United States; helped preserve the United States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederacy; an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery.15
4214624767Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865) Sixteenth president of the United States, he promoted equal rights for African Americans in the famed Lincoln- Douglas debates. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and set in motion the Civil War, but he was determined to preserve the Union. He was assassinated in 1865.16
4214631789Abraham Lincoln1858- Lincoln ran for US Senate as Republican against Douglas felt it was the obligation of Americans to prevent the spread of slavery and believed African Americans deserved rights enumerated in the Declaration Republican17
4214637774Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States of America18
4214639910John Wilkes BoothAssassinated Abraham Lincoln19
4214642686Lincoln's First inauguralSecession of the South was illegal and his goal was to preserve the union20
4214645003Lincoln's Second inauguralLincoln won the election of 1864 and won. In his speech he said he wanted to mend the nations wounds and establish lasting peace.21
4214649020Republican PartyPolitical party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery & consisted of Whigs, N. Democrats, & Free-Soilers in defiance to the Slave Powers22
4214651204Robert E. LeeAppointed command of the Confederate Army in 1862 during the Civil War. Despite his skill he was forced to surrender to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.23
4214684525Stonewall JacksonBrave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville.24
4214655959Ulysses S. GrantUnion General who forced the surrender of Vicksburg and became general in chief of all Union armies he forced lee to fight a series of decisive battles which led to the Confederate surrender25
4214686912Reconstruction1865-1877; the attempt to rebuild and reform the political, social, and economic systems of the South after the Civil War.26
421469057513th AmendmentAbolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War (1865-70)27
421469213514th Amendment1) Citizenship for African Americans, 2) Repeal of 3/5 Compromise, 3) Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state office, 4) Repudiate (reject) confederate debts28
421469356215th AmendmentCitizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude29
4214696074Reconstruction Amendments13th: abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, 14th: secured the rights of former slaves after reconstruction, 15th: prohibits each government in the United States to prevent a citizen from voting based on their race30
4214699156Andrew Johnson17th President of the United States, A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president.31
4214701386Radical RepublicansAfter the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.32
4214716724Black CodesSouthern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves33
4214718254CarpetbaggersA northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states34
4214719902ScallywagsSouthern whites who gained political office during Reconstruction35
4214725687Civil Rights Bill of 1866A bill passed by Congress in March 1866 as a measure against the Black Codes to reinforce black rights to citizenship. It was vetoed by Johnson and was later passed as the 14th Amendment.36
4214731024Freedman's BureauFed. agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War; focus was to provide food, medical care, administer justice, manage abandoned & confiscated property, regulate labor, and establish schools.37
4214735394Hiram RhodesBorn free in North Carolina and educated in Illinois, this Methodist minister served as a chaplain in the Union Army, and in 1870, became the first African American elected to the US Senate.38
4214737361Homestead Act1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.39
4214739868Ku Klux KlanA secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.40
4214742383Share croppingafrican americans and poor whites would work on a land owned by another in return for small pay or some crops41
4214770741Transcontinental RailroadCompleted in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west42
4214861801Missouri Compromise"Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.43
4214863534Kansas Nebraska1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty.44
4214865680Compromise of 1850(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas45
4214869343Uncle Tom's Cabinwritten by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england's view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.46
4214872642Dred Scott v. SanfordSupreme Court case that decided US Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories and slaves, as private property, could not be taken away without due process - basically slaves would remain slaves in non-slave states and slaves could not sue because they were not citizens47
4214875985Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court Decision - Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it48
4214877607Marbury v. MadisonEstablished judicial review49
4220231660Lincoln-Douglas debates1858 Senate Debate, Lincoln forced Douglas to debate issue of slavery, Douglas supported pop-sovereignty, Lincoln asserted that slavery should not spread to territories, Lincoln emerged as strong Republican candidate50
4220234191Freeport DoctrineIdea authored by Stephen Douglas that claimed slavery could only exist when popular sovereignty said so51
4220236182John Brown's raidBegan when he and his men took over the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in hopes of starting a slave rebellion.52
4220240002The Confederate States of Americathe name given to the new nation and government when delegates from the states of South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia seceded from the Union; they elected Jefferson Davis as their President53
4220243784Border Statesin the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri54
4220248798IroncladsWooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War.55
422025459254th Massachusettsfirst African American unit to fight a battle, to show the other soldiers that they could fight56
4220260239CopperheadsA group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War57
4220266960Clara BartonNurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross58
4220272409Total Warall-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat59
4220277579Ten Percent PlanLincoln's plan that allowed a southern state to form a new government after 10 percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States60
4220284357ImpeachmentThe bringing of formal charges against a public official61
4220288919Jim Crow LawsLaws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites62
4220293120Buffalo soldiersName given to African American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army on the western frontier and fought in the Indian Wars (1854-1890).63

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