civil war
The northern states during the American Civil War - lead by Abraham Lincoln
union
Florida's primary resources during the Civil War
salt & cattle
The reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War; Lasts from 1865-1877
reconstruction
This freed all slaves; it legally forbade slavery in all of the United States.
13th amendment
The election between Rutherford Hayes & Samuel Tilden
The election of 1876
The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861- lead by Jefferson Davis; Florida was the third state to secede and join this group.
confederacy
Newspaper started in Jacksonville while under control of the North (The Union).
Florida Times Union
installed military rule; states had to write a new constitution, ratify 14th Amendment, and allow African Americans to vote in order to be readmitted to the Union
radical reconstruction
Congress passed this Amendment, declaring that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws in response to Southern racist policies.
14th amnedment
was the dirty deal that allowed Hayes to become president. Ended the reconstruction era
The compromise of 1877
the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union; Florida was the third state to do this.
seccession
A battle where Confederate soldiers stopped the Union from taking the capital city, Tallahassee. March, 1865
Battle of Natural Bridge
Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves; added after Florida was forced to approve the Thirteenth Amendment.
black codes
Gave black men the right to vote;
15th amendment
Were negatively impacted as result of the compromise of 1877
African Americans
Lincoln's 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy and allowing African Americans to enlist in the US military.
Emancipation Proclomation
One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War; over 500 Union soldiers were "unaccounted for" after this Confederate victory. Feb 1864
battle of olustee
Southerners resented these northerners who took advantage of the South
carpetbaggers
northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River
Anaconda Plan
Established to aid former enslaved African Americans in the South
Freedman's Bureau
slur that referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
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