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| A person who wants to work towards ending slavery. |
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| Most famous conductor for the Unerground Railroad, born a slave, helped 300 slaves to freedom. |
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| Slave that was taken from Missouri (slave state) to Illinois/Wisconson (free state) and then appealed to the Supreme Court for freedom, but was ruled against. |
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| The right to vote for or against slavery, residents vote to decide an issue. |
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| The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. |
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| Proposed the Compromise of 1850 (California is a free state and the South got a fugitive slave law), but it was rejected. |
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| For the expansion of slavery. |
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| Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which increased protests against the Fugitive Slavery Act. |
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| An abolitionist who secretly obtained financial backing from Northern abolitionists and led 21 men to Harpers Ferry, VA, he was then tried and hung. |
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| Butler's nephew and a Congressman, he hit Sumner repeatedly on the head with a cane until it broke, Sumner suffered brain damage. |
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| Escaped from bondage to become an eloquent and outspoken critic of slavery. |
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| The place where John Brown led a band of 21 men (blck and white) to. |
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| A former senator of Mississippi who became unanimously elected as president of the Confederacy. |
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| From Tennessee, was nominated as the canidate for the Constitutional Union Party. |
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| It repealed the Missouri Compromise, Kansas is now part of the North and Nebraska is now part of the South. |
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| Convinced and wrote the Dred Scott decision, banning slavery was prohibited. |
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| The place of the first bloodshed on the battlefield. |
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| Wrote a report to the Secratary of War, he described his most recent command. |
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| Nickname, Thomas J. Jackson for the Confederates, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall." |
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| Why was the rifle an important invention in the Civil War? Who had the benefit of having more of them? How did they achieve this? |
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It gave more power to those who had it.
The North.
Lincoln brought it to them. |
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| It tried to make Southern states claim they never left the Union. |
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| On an island in Charleston harbor, one of the four Southern forts that were in the Union's control. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| An executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines. |
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| Ulyssess G. Grant fought over this, it's one of two Confederate strongholds on Mississippi, the Union took control of this and split the Confederate in two. |
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| Town in VA, Lee surrendered to Grant at the Court House on April 9, 1865 |
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| Lincoln's successor, he made wealthy plantation owners not take the oath to vote, racist-only whites could rule. |
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| The minority of Republicans in Congress wwho were angered by Lincoln's Reconstruction plan. |
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| List some Northern Advantages in the Civil War. |
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| Population of over 22 million and they had war tactics. |
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| Fought on September 17, McClellan ordered his men to pursue Lee, bloodiest single day in American history, more than 26,000 died. |
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| Command of the army (Confederates) was passed down to him after Johnson was wounded. |
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| When 10% of any state pleged loyalty to the Union, it could become a state again. |
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| Was removed from Secretary of War by Andrew Johnson, which violated the Tenure of Office Act. |
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| A social program used to help former slaves recieve food, clothing, medical care, legal protection, and education. |
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| The drafting of citizens for military service. |
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| A tool used for instant communication. |
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| Founded the American Red Cross after the war. |
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| Most decisive battle was fought here, Lincoln gave a speech here. |
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| A 26 year old actor and Southern sympathizer that shot Lincoln. |
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| Appointed by Grant as commander of the military division of the Mississippi. |
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| White Southerners who joined the Republican Party. |
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| Northerners who moved to the South after the war. |
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| The first African American senator. |
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| Important events in the Civil War. |
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| Bull Run, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, etc. |
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| Why did women support the abolitionist cause? |
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| They are both minorities with very little rights. |
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| What were the three points to the Anaconda plan? |
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Blockade the Southern ports-keeps them form shipping things out.
Take over the Mississippi River-splits the South into two.
Take over Richmond, VA-this was the South's capital. |
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| Explain the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. |
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13th-free slave officially.
14th-could not deny people citizenship or rights.
15th-nobody could be denied the right to vote no matter race. |
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