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Which of the following excerpts from the Gettysburg Address could be construed as an end to slavery? a. "a new birth of freedom" b. "Four score and seven years ago" c. "We are met on a great battle-field" d."we are engaged in a great civil war"

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a

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Which of the following is not a reason Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address? a. to help reunify the United States b. to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers c. to connect the war with American beliefs d. to accuse Confederate soldiers of treason

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d

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What does Lincoln mean when he says soldiers gave "the last full measure of devotion" (Gettysburg Address)? a. The Union defeated the Confederates at Gettysburg. b. The soldiers fought bravely. c. The soldiers gave their lives for the Union. d. The Union is more important than the soldiers.

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c

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What is the "unfinished work" Lincoln is referring to in the Gettysburg Address? a. reuniting the Union b. completing the cemetery c. dedicating the cemetery d. defeating Lee at Gettysburg

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a

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What term does Lincoln use in place of "union" (Gettysburg Address)? a. field b. nation c. continent d. government

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b

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Which point, if controlled by the Union, would result in the Confederacy being unable to import or export goods?

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south coast

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What does the Union plan tell you about the transportation in the South? a. Waterways were not crucial. b. Waterways were extremely crucial. c. The South did not have a navy. d. The South had extensive railways.

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d

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Which point, if controlled by the Union, would result in the Confederacy being divided?

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Mississippi River

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What can be concluded from the Union's desire to blockade ports in the South? a. The Union navy was large and effective. b. Southern port cities were also industrial centers. c. Foreign nations were willing trade partners with the Confederacy. d. No foreign nations were willing to assist the Confederacy.

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c

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Which of the following was an important constitutional issue at the start of Reconstruction? a. How long it would last. b. Who should control it. c. When federal troops could return home. d. What states would be part of the plan.

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b

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Most leaders of the Confederacy were a. Freedmen b. Northerners c. Democrats d. Republicans

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c

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Why were the Radical Republicans angry with Lincoln and Johnson? a. The RR wanted to hold a new presidential election. b. The RR agreed that the presidents were too tough on the South. c. The RR thought the Southern states deserved harsh punishment. d. The RR disapproved of the way Johnson completely ignored Lincoln's plans.

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c

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Which of the following statements is true about the Southern states after the Civil War? a. They accepted presidential Reconstruction and acted quickly to meet the requirements. b. They preferred Radical Reconstruction and waited for it to begin before electing leaders. c. They refused to accept any Reconstruction plan, continuing the Civil War until 1877. d. They abolished slavery by passing the Black Codes.

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a

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How did Congress ensure that Southerners followed their Radical Reconstruction plans? a. Members of Congress sat in on the new state legislatures. b. Members of Congress met each day with freedmen voters. c. They passed the Black Codes, which limited the rights of former Confederates. d. They divided the South into five military districts controlled by federal troops.

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d

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Which of the following is true about the end of Reconstruction? a. It was a sudden end when all troops were removed at once in 1877. b. It was a gradual end as troops were removed in the 1870s, ending in 1877. c. It ended with the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. d. It occurred when Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868.

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b

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Together, the Black Codes and actions of white extremist groups a. protected the rights of formerly enslaved people b. inspired most people to accept the new ways of life c. helped improve life in the Reconstruction-era South d. circumvented rights in the Civil War Amendments

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d

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series of congressional measures that allowed California to become a state, settled border disputes between Texas and New Mexico, and created the Fugitive Slave Act

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compromise of 1850

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case in which Dred Scott, a slave, sued for his freedom based on the fact that he had lived in a free territory. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and could not sue, and that taking a slave from their owner was a violation of property rights

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dred scott decision

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established Kansas and Nebraska as territories and stated that the slavery issue there would be decided by popular vote

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kansas-nebraska act

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date: kansas nebraska act

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1854

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Lincoln's declaration that freed the slaves in the Confederate states

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emancipation proclamation

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date: emancipation proclamation

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1863

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dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg

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gettysburg address

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linked the Civil War to the principles of the Revolutionary War. It showed the conflict as a struggle for freedom and equality for all, rather than as just a reunification or an end to slavery.

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gettysburg address

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-shifted the focus of the war from reunification to the abolition of slavery -encouraged African Americans that had not already fled the South for the North to run away from their owners. Many of these African Americans joined Union forces and helped them in their victory

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emancipation proclamation

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resulting violence shed light on the rising level of hostility between the North and the South

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kansas-nebraska act

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established a precedent that prohibited the Federal government from regulating slavery, and effectively declared slavery to be protected by the Constitution

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dred scott case

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resolved the conflict between the Northern and Southern states regarding the legality of slavery in the territories, but increased tensions between abolitionists and slaveholders by allowing slaves in free states to be captured and returned to their owners through the Fugitive Slave Act

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compromise of 1850

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Abraham Lincoln's vice president and, after Lincoln's assassination, president of the United States. -considered by many in the North to be too lenient toward white southerners. -first president to be impeached, but he was found not guilty of the impeachment charges and remained in office

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andrew johnson

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When: 1865 What: outlawed slavery

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13th Amendment

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When: 1868 What: made African Americans citizens

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14th Amendment

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When: 1870 What: gave African American men the right to vote

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15th Amendment

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members of the Republican party who supported equal rights for African-Americans. They favored harsher terms for Reconstruction, including prohibiting ex-Confederates from holding political office. They opposed Johnson's more lenient policies, and eventually voted to impeach him

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radical republicans

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federal agency created to provide assistance to freed slaves, such as housing, education, health care, and employment. It established a system of public schools for freed slaves throughout the South. It also settled civil disputes between African-American laborers and white employers

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freedman's bureau

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Reconstruction by white Southerners who opposed emancipation. They used threats and violence against African Americans and white Republicans to try to end Reconstruction and restore white supremacy

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ku klux klan

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farmer who's given the use of land in exchange for a portion of their harvest as rent. -Following the Civil War, most freed slaves lacked the money to purchase farmland, and so became these as a means of surviving

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sharecropper

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granted any citizen or any immigrant seeking citizenship, who was also head of the household, up to 160 acres of land at no cost

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homestead act of 1862

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battle between the Sioux and the 7th Cavalry, led by George A. Custer, ending with the complete destruction of Custer's troops. A major victory for Native Americans fighting against the U.S. government

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battle of little big horn

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date: battle of little big horn

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1876

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battle in Little Bighorn River, Montana

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battle of little big horn

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(1887) law designed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing up tribal reservation land and giving it individuals who would become farmers

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dawes act

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date: dawes act

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1887

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massacre of 300 Sioux by the 7th Cavalry. Considered end of the Indian Wars

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wounded knee massacre

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Adopt the ways of a group

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assimilate

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Discriminatory laws passed in the post-war South

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black codes

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Term for a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War seeking political or economic gain

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carpetbagger

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When laborers are forced to remain under the control of a business owner until their debts are paid

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debt-peonage

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Take away a person's right to vote

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disenfranchise

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Laws passed to deny African Americans equal treatment

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jim crow laws

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Secret white supremacist organization

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ku klux klan

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white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during the post-Civil War reconstruction period

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scalawag

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Source created by a person present at a historical event

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primary source

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Land reserved for Native Americans

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reservation

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withdrawal of a state from a country

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succession

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tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent

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sharecropper

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Powers granted to states rather than the federal government

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state's rights

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action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed

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reconstruction

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pardon granted by the government, usually for political offenses

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amnesty

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the Union's three-part Civil War strategy, designed to capture the Confederate capital in Richmond, block southern ports, and control the Mississippi River

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anaconda plan

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1890 massacre of the Sioux by the 7th Cavalry

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battle of wounded knee

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laws instituted by Southern legislatures beginning in 1865 to prevent African Americans from exercising their civil rights

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black codes

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Native Americans' name for African American soldiers

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buffalo soliders

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heads of government departments who advise the president

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cabinet

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legal status of being a citizen of a country, or a person's actions and behavior as a citizen

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citizenship

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association of Southern U.S. states that split away from and fought against the Union in the Civil War

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confederacy

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official name for the legislative branch of the U.S. government that includes the Senate and the House of Representatives

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congress

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case in which a slave sued for his freedom based on the fact that he had lived in a free territory; the Supreme Court decided slaves were not citizens and could not sue, and that taking a slave from their owner was a violation of property rights

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dred scott case

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community of plants, animals, and smaller organisms that live, feed, reproduce, and interact in the same area or environment

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ecosystem

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vote cast by a member of the Electoral College for the selection of the president

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electoral

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act of freeing those held captive; (freeing of slaves)

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emancipation

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Lincoln's declaration that freed slaves in the Confederate states

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emancipation proclamation

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particular government agency designed to help freedmen find work, health care, education and other service

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freedman's beurau

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law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 that required all citizens to aid in the return of runaway slaves

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fugitive slave act

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Native American religious movement in response to loss of their land and threat to their culture; based on a vision by a Paiute prophet who foresaw an apocalypse with Native Americans ruling the earth in its aftermath

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ghost dance movement

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a provision that allowed poor whites in the South to vote even if they failed the literacy test or could not pay the poll tax, and also stopped African Americans from voting as their grandfathers would not have voted prior to 1865

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grandfather clause

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movement of African Americans from the South during the early 1900s

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great migration

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human characteristics of a region and how those form spatial patterns

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human systems

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process of making a formal accusation of misconduct against a public official

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impeachment

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education system that forced Native American children from their home to day, boarding, and mission schools where they would be distanced from Native American culture and immersed in the dominant culture

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indian schools

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discriminatory laws passed mainly in Southern states to deny African Americans equal economic, political, and social treatment

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Jim crow laws

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(1854) law establishing Kansas and Nebraska as territories and stated that the slavery issue there would be decided by popular sovereignty

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kansas-nebraska act

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part of government responsible for making laws, usually in reference to state governments in the United States

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Legislature

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reading comprehension tests used to prevent African American voters from casting ballots

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literacy tests

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a 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand its territory across the continent to the Pacific Ocean

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manifest destiny

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(1620) ship that carried Pilgrims from England to America

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mayflower

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agreement that divided the country in half by dictating that any state lying south of 36°30' north latitude would be open to slavery and that any state above that line would be considered free`

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missouri compromise

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lowest point, or bottom (used to describe relations between Africans Americans and whites in the South in the period between 1877 and 1920)

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nadir

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theory that states could nullify, or cancel, any federal legislation the states deemed unconstitutional

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nullification theory

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document claiming the U.S. had the right to buy or seize Cuba from Spain

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ostend manifesto

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action by Congress to offset a veto by the president with a two-thirds vote

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override

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physical and human characteristics of a geographical location

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place

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1896 Supreme Court decision that ruled "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites did not violate the Constitution's "equal protection" clause

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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refusal of a president to sign a bill within 10 days of its passage and the adjournment of Congress causes the bill to be rejected

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pocket veto

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annual tax paid by those in the South who wished to vote; it was often used to disenfranchise black voters

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poll tax

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idea that residents of an area can vote to decide an issue

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popular sovereignty

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factors that cause migration.

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push-pull factors

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a member of Congress during the Civil War and Reconstruction who wanted to permanently end slavery and guarantee equal rights for African Americans

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radical republican

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an area that shares physical or human spatial characteristics, such as language, culture, or climate

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region

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location of a place in relation to another place

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relative location

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deny or reject

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repudiate

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the 1864 slaughter of over 150 inhabitants of a winter camp of Cheyenne and Arapaho

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sand creek massacre

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map feature showing the relationship between actual distance and illustrated distance

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scale

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withdrawal of a state from country or nation

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secession

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ways in which people, places, and characteristics are organized on the Earth's surface

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spatial patterns

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right to vote

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suffrage

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taxes, often placed on imported goods to protect domestic industries

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tariff

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federal law (in force from 1867 to 1887) that was intended to restrict the power of the president of the United States from removing certain officeholders without the approval of the Senate

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tenure of office act

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plan detailing the structure, functions, and powers of the government of the United States

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U.S. constitution

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power of the U.S. president to reject a law passed by Congress

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veto

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formal change to the U.S. Constitution adopted in 1865 that outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

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13th amendment

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formal change to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1868 that declared African Americans were citizens who were not to be denied equal rights

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14th amendment

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formal change to the U.S. Constitution ratified in 1870 that declared a citizen's right to vote could not be denied "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

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15th amendment

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document declaring that colonies were free from britain

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declaration of independence

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document written by thomas jefferson

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delaration of independence

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writer of D.O.I.

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thomasjefferson

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date: D.O.I. written

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july 4 1776

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7 states that seceded from US

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confederate states of america

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party formed to oppose kansas-nebraska act & keep slavery out of new territories

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republican party

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slave who saught refuge in North

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frederick douglass

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network of conductors & stations created to help slaves escape

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underground railroad

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novel written by Harriet Stowe depicting brutality of slavery

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uncle tom's cabin

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16th president of USA

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abraham lincoln

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soldier who led battle of Antietam

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Robert E lee

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bloodiest single-day battle of civil war

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battle of antietam

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18th president of USA

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ulysses s. grant

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ulysses grant appointed him commander of military division -attempted to destory morale of confederacy

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william sherman

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plan where confederate states could rejoin union if 10% of voters pledged loyalty

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wade-davis bill

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17th president of USA

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andrew johnson

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act initiated by radicals overriding Johnson's veto

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reconstruction act

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law created by radicals preventing johnson from dismissing edwin stanton

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tenure of office act

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secretary of war & member of cabinet who radicals saught support from

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edwin stanton

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-divided south into 5 districts -led to 14th & 15th amendment -disqualified former confederate officials

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radical reconstruction

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winner of 1876 persidential election, resulting in compromise of 1877

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rutherford b hayes

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democrat who lost presidential election to rutherford b hayes

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samuel tilden

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compromise between democrats & republicans: democrats agreed to vote hayes for president if he removed federal troops from south & added a democrat to the cabinet

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compromise of 1877

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rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfiend in july 1858 -forced native americans to give up land and move to sand creek

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pike's peak gold rush

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