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| one of the major events leading up to the civil war, would have banned slavery in any area from the Mexican territory |
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| a set of five bills that was supposed to spread slavery into territories to keep a balance between the north and the south |
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| says that the source of the Governments's power lies with the people. |
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| Ran against Abraham Lincoln for presidency |
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| A law that provided Slaveholders with weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to free states |
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| Where slaves went through to get to free states to be free |
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| leader of underground railroad. |
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| Wrote toms cabin, abolitionist |
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| A book written By Harriet Beecher Stowe, more than a million copies sold by 1853 |
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| Repealed the Missouri Compromise and made Nebraska a North State and Kansas a South State |
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| Abolitionist who thought that god called him to fight against slavery and be an abolitionist. |
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Territory where many where killed |
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| favoring people native to the state born |
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| Their response was always...they knew nothing |
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| opposed entension of slavery into new territories |
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| one of the founders of the republican party |
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| lived in missouri as a slave, had a law suit after his owner died because he felt he had lived in a free territory for to long |
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| he decided that slaves did not have the same rights as regular citizens |
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| Douglas's response to Lincoln's question saying that slavery wouldn't exist if it wasn't for being supported by local police regulations. |
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| led an uprising of whites and black through harpers ferry virginia. |
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| Confederate states of america |
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| President of confed. states of America |
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| Block ships from going into south states and cut off confed states from america |
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| The first major blood shed of the army |
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| general of confederates during civil war |
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| leader of the new union after the bull run |
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| General of union army when they invade Tennesee |
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| a small church where Gen. Grant gathered his troops |
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| commander of the union ship that was to seize New Orleans. |
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|
the first American ships to fight against ironclad ships.
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| General of the Confederate side. |
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| The bloodiest day in american history |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| made by Lincoln, went against slavery |
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| A draft that selected certain people to serve in the army |
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| where many african americans lost there lifes as prisoners |
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| put 33k men in 26 acres, worst jail |
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| union nurse that cared to wounded soldiers and people at the front lines. |
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| where south defeated the north |
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| One of the two hieouts that helped to keep the union from taking over the mississippi river |
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| president lincolns speech that gave dedication to those who lost their lives in gettysburg |
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| new commander of military division in mississippi |
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| Where the south surrendered |
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| Founded by Clara Barton. Helps mass human suffering. |
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| When the US was rebuilding after the civil war |
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| wanted to get rid of the political power of former slave holders |
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| proposed that congress not the president be in control of reconstruction. |
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| Assisted former slaves and poor whites in the south, gave them food and clothes |
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| "all persons born or naturalized in us" were citizens |
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| noone can be stopped from voting due to race or color |
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| White southerners who joined the republican party |
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| Northerner who moved to the south after the civil war |
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| the first african american senator |
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| where poor people got free land from landowners to grow their crops on and had to give a portion of money made from crops to the land owner |
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| rent land for cash and gets to keep the harvest |
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| wanted to restore white supremacy, racist group |
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| When a large banking firm went bankrupt, it set off series of financial failures. |
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| republican's choice in the election of 1876. Became president because of the electoral |
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| The democrat's choice for the election of 1876, had majority of popularity vote. |
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| End of reconstruction of the south |
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| Ability to run state governments without federal intervention |
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