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Chapters 21-22 Terms
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11th Grade
02/17/2011

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Andrew Johnson
Definition
Took place as president after Lincoln died (from TN)
vice-president under lincoln (democrat)
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John Wilkes Booth
Definition
Killed Lincoln (April 14th, 1865) was killed 12 days after (supported the confederacy)
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Robert E. Lee
Definition
confederate general- led army of North Virgina during civil war
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Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
President after Johnson- general who won the civil war
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George B. McClellan
Definition
general who helped the union army with logistics but hated Lincoln and war :)
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William T. Sherman
Definition
general in civil war. Burned down Atlanta
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George Picket
Definition
general for the confederate army
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William Seward
Definition
secretary of state under Lincoln (people to kill him)
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
order by president Lincoln to free all the slaves
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13th amendment
Definition
abolished
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Copperheads
Definition
democrats in the north who opposed the war and wanted peace with the confederates
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Union Party
Definition
group of people who opposed slavery
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First Battle of Bull Run
Definition
(aka Manassas) July 21, '61
First major land battle of the civil war
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Second Battle of Bull Run
Definition
august 28-30 '62 - much larger scale. resulted in a stalemate
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Antietam
Definition
Sept. 17, '62 - bloodiest day of the civil war (& in history)
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Peninsula Campaign
Definition
major union operation movement intended to capture Richmond (confederate capitol)
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Battle of Gettysburg
Definition
July 1-3 '63. around Gettysburg, PA - battle with the largest number of casualties. (turning point)
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Battle of Vicksburg
Definition
(confederacy surrendered) cut off communication. Grant took over the city and they finally surrendered (Gamson)
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Gettysburg address
Definition
Lincolns speech said that the union should be reconstructed and all.
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Ford's Theatre
Definition
FORD'S THEATRE WAS WERE LINCOLN WAS SHOT!
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Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
federal government agency that helped freed slaves survive.
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moderate/ radical Republicans
Definition
opposed Lincolns policies pushed for uncompensated abolition of slavery
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Black Codes
Definition
unofficial laws put in place to limit black's civil rights.
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Sharecropping
Definition
Landowner lets tenant live on land in return for crops
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Civil Rights Act
Definition
extended free slave rights
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14th Amendment
Definition
grants citizenship to anyone born in U.S
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Reconstruction Act
Definition
(4 statues)
-creation of 5 military districts
-congressional approval for new state constitutions
-voting rights to all men
-all former confederate states MUST ratify the 14th amendment
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15th Amendment
Definition
guaranteed right to vote regardless of race. :O
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carpet baggers
Definition
southerner name for northerners who moved to south during reconstruction era.
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KU KLUX KLAN <3
Definition
organization basically rude to EVERYONE! uhh no. Organization who didn't like how blacks had the right to vote so they forced them not to by going to their houses in the middle of the night and burning stuff.
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Tenure of Office Act
Definition
March 3 '67- denied the power to the president to anyone who was put in office by a former president
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"Seward's Folly"
Definition
Purchase of Alaska (1867) purchase made by secretary of state, William Seward
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