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| This was an 1857 Supreme Court decision that a slave, because he was not a citizen, could not sue for his freedom |
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| This politician from Tennessee became president following the assignation of Abraham Lincoln, later becoming the first president to be impeached (he was not guilty) |
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| Special laws passed by southern state government’s immediately after the civil war. They were designed to control former slaves, and to subvert the intent of the 13th amendment |
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| People who moved to the south during or following the civil war and became active in politics, they helped to bring republican control of southern state governments during reconstruction and were bitterly resented by most white southerners |
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| This was the war between the North and South in the United States (1861-1865), also known as the War Between the States |
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| This was an agreement that California would be admitted to the union, the slave trade in the District of Columbia would be restricted, and the fugitive slave law would be enforced |
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| This was the solution o the contested presidential election of 1876 & further more brought an end to the period of reconstruction following the civil war |
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| This was the group of southern states that seceded from the United States from 1860-1865 |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| This was an order issued during the civil war by President Lincoln ending slavery in the confederate states |
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| Fort located in Charleston, South Carolina harbor that was perhaps where the first shots of the U.S. Civil War were fired |
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| This was the act that mandated the return of runaway slaves, regardless of where in the union they might be situated at the time of their discovery or capture |
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| This was a 3minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American civil war (November 19,1863) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the battle of Gettysburg |
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