Vocabulary
People in the state vote if their state should be a free state or a slave state.
PWhat is Popular Sovereignty?
Canadian farmer that sold land because he thought that there was no gold on it but there was silver.
Who is Henry Comstock?
To grant official pardon, Oath of loyalty.
What is Amnesty?
how did reconstruction fail?
Gave African American rights but then lost them
How long did you have to live on the land before you could technically own it.
5 years.
What is the Underground railroad?
Enslaved African American who sued for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
What amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
what was a part of the anaconda plan
A blockade of southern ports
How much did it cost an acre if you have lived on that land for 5 years?
It was free.
It declares enslaved people to be free.
What is Emancipation Proclamation?
Was enslaved but became a prominent activist speaker, and author. Wrote a newspaper called the North Star.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
What amendment granted citizenship?
What is the 14th Amendment?
what is the black code?
Restricts African Americans in conditions much like slavery
What was one thing that you had to do to get the land for free?
You had to make improvements on the land.
If a slave gets away and gets found they must be sent back to their owners.
What is Fugitive slave act?
Social activist, American abolitionist who was enslaved, ran the underground railroad.
Who is Harriett Tubman?
What amendment allowed black men to vote?
What is the 15th Amendment?
what are sharecrops
People who are poor and live on others land and pay them.
What is Fort Sumter?
Lead the South in the civil war.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Helps freed people get homes and jobs.
What is the Freedmans bureau?
What was a strength for the union during the civil war
It had a larger population then the south.