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She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The first federal established social welfare program in U.S. history, This bureau helped newly liberated black people establish a place in post war society.
What is the freedman's bureau ?
1862, the first battle fought in the east, Confederacy forced to retreat, technically Union victory. Platform for Lincoln to announce Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Battle of Antietam?
This concept was introduced when the the South wanted to get rid of the Missouri compromise.theyvwanted territories to decide for their self, by vote whether to allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
During the Polk presidency in 1846 this treaty allowing the United States to acquire peacefully what is now Oregon, Washington, and parts of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana was signed.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
He was a whig opposed to the Mexican- American war turned Republican president in 1860.he was not even on Southern Ballots.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
In April 1865 Confederate leaders surrendered. Five days later he was assassinated.
who is Abraham Lincoln?
1861, first battle of civil war in Charleston Harbor. South Carolina militia charged a fort, ended with the surrender of that fort
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Entrepreneurs using war to overcharge the government for goods and services is called this.
What is war profiteering?
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the end to this war in 1848. Mexico handed over what is most of modern Arizona, new Mexico, California, Nevada and Utah for 15 million dollars.
What is the Mexican- American War?
He was executed for leading the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859.
Who was John Brown?
This amendment 1. Stated if born in the US you are a US citizen and a citizen of the state you reside. 2. Prohibited states from depriving a citizen of life liberty aand property without due process. 3. Prevented states depriving equal protection under law. 4. Gave states the choice to give freedmen the right to vote. 5. Barred confederates from holding political office. 6. Excused the confederacy's war debt.
What is the 14th amendment?
The first Battle of Bill Run in 1861 was fought here.
Where was Manassas, Virginia?
Lincoln initiated a national currency This is what the government issued paper money that was a precursor to modern currency was called.
What are greenbacks?
In 1854, The U.S. purchased more land from Mexico, acquiring more of what is now Arizona and New Mexico for this amount of money.
What is 10 million dollars?
This was a group of Southern radicals who wanted succession to create the Confederacy.l, and to reinstate international slave trade.. Led by Robert Barnwell, but the most famous member was John C. Calhoun.
Who were the fire-eaters?
This act imposed martial law on the South, allowed black people to vote for convention delegates to the new constitutional conventions, required each state to ratify the 14th amendment, and send its new state constitutions to Congress for approval
What is the Military Reconstruction Act of 1867?
1862, One of the most important Confederate victories, more troops were present than any other battle of civil war. Burnside v. Lee. Virginia.
What was the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Readmitting the southern states and rebuilding the the South and integrating newly freed slaves from 1865 to 1877 was called this.
What was Reconstruction?
When the compromise of 1850 failed to replace the Missouri compromise, This Democrat who wrote the Compromise with Henry Clay saw which parts each side liked and broke them down to separate bills.( These bills added California as a free state and strengthened the fugitive slave laws.)
Who was Democrat, Steven Douglas?
He became the leader of the Confederate states 3 months after Lincoln became president.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Aware that this president would oppose the new Reconstruction, Congress passed a number of laws to limited the presidents power. The conflict resulting led to his impeachment.
Who was jAndrew Johnson?
1863, turning point of war, estimated 50,000 deaths, Union victory Meade v. Lee, Pennsylvania.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Southern citizens were required to swear one of these before receiving amnesty for the rebellion.
What is a loyalty oath?
This case was where an enslaved person whose master took him to territories where slavery was illegal, declared himself free and and sued for his freedom. He won his case then lost on appeal. The case wound up in the supreme court, where he lost. Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the Majority decision, that slaves were property, not citizens, and further, no black person could ever be a citizen of the United States.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?