SS8H6: Civil War & Reconstruction – Flashcards
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nullification
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the declaration of something being invalid, no longer legal and/or binding
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13th Ammendment
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ended slavery in the United States
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14th Ammendment
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gave African-Americans United States citizenship
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15th Ammendment
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gave African-American men the right to vote
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Andersonville
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infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp
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Battle of Antietam
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September 17, 1862; Union victory; bloodiest one-day battle in the War
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Battle of Chickamauga
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September 18-20, 1863; Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga
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Battle of Gettysburg
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July 1-3, 1864;Union victory; turning point of the Civil War; the North repelled a Southern invasion into Pennsylvania
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Black Legislators
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during the Reconstruction Period (1867-1876) sixty-nine African-Americans served as delegates to Georgia's constitutional convention or served as members of the state legislature; removed from their seats after 1876
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Compromise of 1850
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compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
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Dred Scot Case
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1857 - Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States Emancipation Proclamation- document that declared all slaves in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
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Election of 1860
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election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln's election Southern states seceded from the Union
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Freedmen's Bureau
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federal agency created in 1865 to provide aid to former slaves (freedmen)
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Georgia Platform
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position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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1854; act that allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted to enter the union as free or slave states (popular sovereignty)
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Ku Klux Klan
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terrorist organization created to intimidate and prevent freedmen and Republicans from gaining political power in the South
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Missouri Compromise
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1820; compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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sharecroppers
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farmers who agreed to work on a landowner's property in exchange for land, farming equipment, and seed; sharecroppers were required to provide the land owner with a share of the crop
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
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Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate objective; Sherman's army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta
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Sherman's March to Sea
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Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective
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slavery
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involuntary servitude of African-Americans in the United States from 1619-1865
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States Rights
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belief that a state's sovereignty is more important that that of the national government
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tenant farmer
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farmers who agreed to work on a landowner's property were required to provide the landowner with a share of the crop; unlike sharecroppers, tenant farmers usually owned their own farming equipment
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Henry McNeal Turner
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most well-known African-American Georgia legislator during the Reconstruction Period
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Alexander Stephens
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important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.)
