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-Indecisive about slavery -VA leader of confederate Army after leaving U.S. Army -Brilliant /tactical fighter -Named as Davis's principal military adviser in 1862 -Left Richmond VA to command forces in the field -Started his retreat from Gettysburg 7/4/1863 after his defeat - forces surrendered their arms at Appomattox court house -Battle of Chancellorsville often regarded as his greatest victory -Took Marines to harpers ferry to get arsenal back
Who is ROBERT E. LEE
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- New Hampshire politician - Nicked Named Dough Face - Northerner had no problem with Slaverey - 14th President of US, Democratic Party, tried to divert attn from slavery - Wanted to buy Cuba from Spain - Failed to effectively handle territorial problems in Kansas - Made the Gadsden Purchase , opened the Northwest for settlement & passed the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska act - Democratic Presidency Candidate, Election 1852
Who is Franklin Pierce
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Texas
What is: This state loses much terroritory by the Compromise f 1850
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- Gives Texas their own independence from Mexico
What is The Treaty of Belasco
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- Issued by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Ghettysburg (1863) - Did not apply to border states in the Union: Tenn, W. VA, Southern LA - Freed the slaves, issue 22nd Sept - Deemed justified on grounds of military necessity - Applied only to slaves in areas where the fighting was against the Union - Slaves in border states were not free - Isolates the Southj from receiving assistance from the English - Declares all Slaves in the Rebellious Confederate States would be free - Set way for Juneteenth
What is The Emancipation Proclamation
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- Born in SC - Foremost Confederate general of the American Civil War -Fought in the Mexican American war - Served in both the US and Confederate states Army - The principal subordinate to Gen Robert E. Lee - Called Old War Horse - Attended the US military academy - led pickett's charge on the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg - Confederate hero at Chickamauga -Replacement for Stonewall Jackson - Blame for lost cause movement due to 2nd day of Gettysburg - Southerners blamed him for losing the war -Became a Republican after the War; Scallywag
Who is James Longstreet
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-Supreme Court Chief Justice - Rules for Slavery - Decided the Scott Dred case - Declared Missouri Compromise Unconstitutional - Agreed to illegally remove the deposits from the 2nd U.S. Bank & place them in Jackson's chosen Pet Banks
Who is Roger Taney
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Maine
Where was Aroostook War located
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- 5 bills passed by Henry Clay - Slave Trade is banned in D.C. - Fugitive Slave Law was set in place - Cali admitted as Free State - Utah & New Mexico created as Territories - Texas compensated 10mil for accepting present day borders - Tried to prevent war / Only delay it 4yrs
What is The Compromise of 1850
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- Memorial Day : day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service, Decorates the graves w/ flowers - President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, NY Memorial Day Birthplace
What is Decoration Day
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- Most well known Commander after Robert E. Lee - Most gifted Tactical Commander - Nicked named Stonewall Jackson - Confederate General during American Civil War - Men stopped Union assault during the battle of Bull Run - Staged a march through the Shenandoah Valley in prep to cross the Potomac & attack Washington - Lost his arm to amputation - Died 8days later, due to Pneumonia
Who is Thomas Johnathan Jackson
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- General: Military Hero - Wants to divide the South - Head of the Union Forces at the beginning of the Civil War - Headed the Anaconda Plan: plan for union victory at start of war - wanted to replace himself w/ Robert E. Lee (declines ) but he was from VA - Whig candidate for presidency; Election 1852 - Assembled Army at Tampico; Transported them down the coast of Mexico to Vera Cruz - Kept American casualties low, took power & announced his wilingness to negotiate a peace treaty after a 260mi hike along the Mexican National Hwy toward Mexico City
Who is Winfield Scott
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South Carolina
What state seceded from the South to rejoin the Union
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- Formed in 1854 - Main goal was to dedicate their time to preventing the spread of slavery - While the war was going on: Transportation system was modified, National Bank Act, Homestead Act - Supported traditional Whig morals: High tariffs, internal improvements, homestead bill, & Pacific railroad to be built with federal financial assistance - Insisted the Congress nor teritorial legislature could legalize slavery in the territories - Chose Abraham Lincoln as party presidential nominee: had appealing reputation & his firm yet moderate decision on slavery - Lincoln won the presidency but only two fifths of the popular vote
What is The Republican Party
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- Granted citizenship & Guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen (life, liberty & property) - Guaranteed the right of Black Men to vote (right of the citizen) : Could not be denied to vote due to race, color of skin & previous condition of servitude
What is the 14th & 15th Amendments
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- Nicked named Sam or Wooden Head - Brave / aggressive reputation in Civil war - not much of a military leader - Attended West Point, Graduated 44th of 52 - Fights the Battle of Tenn. - Defeated \ remaining troops destroyed at battle of Nashville by former West Point Instructor - Nominated for President in 1860, by Constitutional Union Party
Who is John Bell Hood
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- 1860 Southern Democratic Presidential Candidate, VP for Buchanna - Supported the Federal Slave Code; The expansion for slavery - Was not a disunionist - Couldn't get votes from his own Party
Who is John Breckinridge
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Mississippi
Grant's capture of a city in this state on JULY 4, 1863 & effectively cuts the South in two
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1st Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
What is The 1st major battle of the Civil War
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- Law attributed to VA Quaker name Charles Lynch - 19th century in British Empire it coincided w/ a period of violence which denied people participation in white dominated society on the bsis of race after the Slavery Emancipation Act of 1833 - Ida B. Wells articles of Tenn, launched international movement - 100 Blacks killed during NYC Draft Riot: Summer 1863; means of which white controlled the black polulation/ disciplined them - Today a felony in all US states, defined by some codes of law as "any act of violence inflicted by a mob upon the body of another person which results in the death of the person"
What is Lynchings
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- Graduated from West Point - Veteran of American Mexican war - Appointed full General in Civil War - Early victory during 1st Battle of Bull Run - Retreated early during Peninsula Campaign - Lead Confederate troops outside Richmond VA in 2day battle of Fair Oaks aka Seven Pines 5/31 - 6/1, held his own until wounded - Battle in Kennesaw Mountain where Johnston has his last victory against Union Gen. Sherman
Who is Joe Johnston
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- Ran as a democrat in the election of 1876 - Lost the electoral college in 1876 to Rutherford B. Hayes - Had more popular votes than his rival - Reformist Gov. Made a name for himself fighting coruption in NYC - Involved in the overthrowing Tweed Ring of NYC Tammany Hall
Who is Samual Tilden
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KY - Jefferson Finnis Davis & Abraham Lincoln
What is the Birthplace of 2 Presidents who serve at the same time
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- Torn apart by the battle between southerners who demanded a strong endorsement of slavery & westerners who supported popular Sovereignty - After the party convention of Charleston SC in April delegates undecided on a presidential candidate - A later convention in Baltimore nominated Stephen Douglas as a nominee - Southern Democrats who met in Richmond VA, nominated John C. Breckinridge of KY
What are the Democrats