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This first Whig, then Republican, wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address
Who was Abraham Lincoln
This legislation made all states under the 36 30 line along with Missouri slave states. It also made all states above the 36 30 line along with Maine, free states.
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820
This battle began the Civil War and ended in a Confederate win
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter
This freed the slaves in rebel areas (Confederacy)
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This was created to help African Americans and poor whites by providing clothes, food, and education
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
This American Statesman and Politican served as the President of the Confederacy
Who was Jefferson Davis
This stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and therefore could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. This also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal Territory
What was the Dred Scott Case (Dred Scott v Sandford)
This military campaign introduced total war and devastated the Confederacy
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
This Amendment abolishes slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
These tried to restrict the new rights and freedoms African Americans got.
What is the Black Codes or Jim Crow Laws
This Confederate General opposed secession and fought in the Mexican-American War
Who was General Robert E Lee
Abolitionists and pro-slave voters fought in violent civil confrontations between 1854 and 1859 in the debate over the legality of slavery in a certain state and the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
What was Bleeding Kansas
This battle, ending in a Union Victory, allowed President Lincoln to create the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam
This Amendment made all legal citizens have equal protection from the law
What is the 14th Amendment
This organization used violence and fear to intimidate freedmen and people who supported freedmen.
What was the Ku Klux Klan
The General was demoted after both Bull Run Battles due to the Union Losing
Who was General Pope
Abolitionists advocated for the freeing of slaves, otherwise known as
What is Manumission
The Turning Point in the Civil War convinced European countries not to get involved with the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg
This Amendment made all US born citizens have voting rights, in turn banning racial restrictions on voting,
What is the 15th Amendment
This made the citizens of the South take an oath of loyalty and once a certain percentage of the state had taken the oath, the state could rejoin the Union.
What is Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan (10% plan)
This man was the first ever African American to Receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
This woman was known as the Johnny Appleseed for abolition, she traveled around the country preaching rights for women, abolition, love, and brotherhood.
Who was Sojourner Truth
This Battle created anti-war sentiment in the Northern States due to General Ulysses S Grant's "Butcher" killing spree
What is the Battle of Cold Harbor
This system worked and housed farmers on another's land in return for a small portion of goods
What is Sharecropping
This plan forced the Southern States to approve the 13th Amendment and forced the Southern States to nullify seceding from the Union. It also states the Southern States could not repay loans from countries that helped them. The Union had to ratify the 13th and 14th Amendments and enacted Military Control of Reconstruction with the Military Reconstruction Act (split the Southern States into 5 Military districts)
What is the Congressional Plan (Radical Republican Plan or Wade–Davis Bill)