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| Result of the Election of 1860 |
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Lincoln won
Several states seceded |
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| sectional debate over tariffs, etension of slavery in the territoires,and the nature of the Union (states'rights) |
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| Northern abolitionists v southern defenders of slavery |
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| U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case |
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| Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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| Ineffectual presidential leadership in the 1850s |
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| A history of failed compromises over the expansion of slavery in the territories |
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| President Lincoln's call for fedral troops in 1861 |
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| Opening confrontation of the Civil War |
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| Important document issued after the Battle of Antietam |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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Freed slaves in the areas of rebellion and made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim.
Also discourage interference of foreign governments |
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| Turning point battle of the Civil War |
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| Military commander who won victories over the South after several Union commanders failed |
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| Urged Radical Republicans not to be harsh with former Confedrates |
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| Elected President and served during most of Reconstruction |
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| Advocated rights for freedmen |
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| Opposed retribution directed to the defeated South |
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| President of the United States during the Civil War |
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Abraham Lincoln
Insisted the Union be held together by force if necessary |
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| U.S. Senator who became President of the Confederate States of America |
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the Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia
Served as President of Washington College (Washington and Lee University)
Emphasized the importance of education to the nation's future |
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| Why Lee led the Southern Army |
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| Did not believe the Union should be held together by force |
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| What Lee encouraged after defeat |
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| Accept defeat and unite as Americans |
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| Life of the common soldier |
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| Fought hand to hand combat that was often recorded in their war time diaries and letters home |
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| Life of the common soldier |
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| After the war, soldiers especially in the South, returned home to find homes destroyed and poverty |
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| Life of the common soldier |
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| Soldiers on both sides lived with permanent disabilities |
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Managed home and scare resources
Faced poverty and hunger
Assumed new roles in agriculture, nursing, and in war industries |
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| Former enslaved African American who became a prominenet black abolitionist and who urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved African Americans to fight in the Union Army |
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| Supported full equality for African Americans |
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| Advocated the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments |
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| Encouraged federal government actions to protect the rights of the freedmen in the South |
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| Served as ambassador to Haiti and in the civil service |
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| Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address |
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United States was one nation, not a federation of independent states
Wanted to preserve the Union as a nation of the people, for the people, and by the people |
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| Why Civil War was fought according to Lincoln |
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| to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence and was a "Second American Revolution." |
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| Why Lincoln believes Southern governments are illegitimate |
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| Secession was illegal, therefore the states had never really left the Union |
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| Lincoln's view of Reconstruction |
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| Quickly restore legitimate state governments that were loyal to the Union in the Southern areas |
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| Did Lincoln want to punish the South |
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| "With malice toward none, with charity for all...to bind up the nation's wounds..." |
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| Enabled Radical Republicans to influence the process of Reconstruction |
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| Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction more punitive |
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| Did not allow the Southern States back into the Union right away and put them under military occupation |
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| Did Radical Republicans and Johnson agree on Reconstruction |
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No, especially over the issue of civil rights for freed slaves
They impeached him, but failed to remove him from office |
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| 13th - abolished slavery permanently |
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| 14th - prohibited states from denying equal rights under the law to any American |
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| 15th - voting rights guaranted regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
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| When and why Reconstruction ends |
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| Presidential election of 1876 - Southern Democrats and Republicans make a deal to end military occupation in the South in exchange for support in the Electoral College vote |
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| What was the Compromise of 1877 |
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| Compromise ended Reconstruction |
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| Results of the Compromise of 1877 |
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Ended military occupation in the South
Enabled former Conderates who controlled the Democratic Party to regain power
Opened the door to the "Jim Crow" Era
Began a long period in which African Americans in the South were denied the full rights of American citzenship |
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| Economic impact of Civil War on the South |
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| Southern states were left embitterd and devastated by the war |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South |
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| Farms, railroads,and factories had been destroyed throughout the South |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South |
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| Confederate money was worthless |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South |
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| Many towns and cities, such as Richmond, and Atlanta lay in ruins |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South |
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| The source of labor was greatly changed due to the loss of life during the war and the end of slavery |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South |
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| The South remained a backward, agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades afterward |
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| Economic Impact of the Civil War on the North and Midwest |
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| Both emerged with strong industrial eonomies, laying the foundation for the sweeping industrialization of the nation in the next half-century and the emergence of the United States as a global economic power by the beginning of the 20th century |
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| Impact of Transcontinental Railroad |
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| Itensified westward movement of settlers into the states between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean |
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