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17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson
was the 11th president of the US. He also oversaw a large territorial expansion of the US and advocated for the annexation of Texas and aggressively prosecuted the resulting Mexican American War, which added much of the Southwest and California to the country’s territory	James K. Polk
idea that the US is destined by God to expand the territory and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent	Manifest Destiny
this treaty ended the war between the US and Mexico which added 525,000 additional square miles to the US. Mexico also gave up claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern boundary.	Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
was a US political party, created by abolitionists and acted as an early advocate of the abolitionist cause and it broke away from the American Anti-Slavery Society to advocate the view that the Constitution was an anti-slavery document	Liberty Party
was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the US States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican American War, added to sectionalist views	Wilmot Proviso
Mexico gave up 55 percent of its territory and relinquished all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the US	Mexican Cession
known for promoting the Kansas-Nebraska Act and he also broke up the compromise into individual bills which met resistance during voting	Stephen A. Douglas
was the 14th president of the US that as a northern Democrat believed the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation’s unity	Franklin Pierce
was a commodore of the US Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican American War. He also played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854	Matthew C. Perry
she is known as Moses to her people and was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a leader of the Underground Railroad	Harriet Tubman
the resistance to enslavement though escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War that helped enslaved people in the South escape to the North	Underground Railroad
was known as “The Great Compromiser” and helped our nation avoid civil war but not for long. He was the main creator of the Compromise of 1850 to maintain the Union.	Henry Clay
the condition when the will of the people is the “supreme authority in the state”	Popular sovereignty
was the minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period of American history that opposed the extension of slavery into the western territories	Free Soil Party
the act that required that slaves should be returned to their owners even if they escaped to a free state	Fugitive Slave Law
It was a document saying that If American wasn’t able to buy Cuba they would go to war with Spain (who owned it), this document was later leaked, and President Buchanan got major backlash for it	Ostend Manifesto
It was the Act where the people of Kansas and Nebraska could choose if they wanted to enter the union as a free or slave state by popular of vote	Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was the major migration of people (approximately 300,000 people) where they wanted to get rich from finding gold in California which became a state two year later because of the major migration.	California gold rush (1848)
It was land purchased from Mexico to American in the southwest region of America near the territories Arizona and New Mexico.	Gadsden Purchase
Was an Anti-slave party and was founded in 1854 where anti-slave activist who opposed the KN-NB Act.	Republican Party (1854)
Famous writer know for her work “Uncle Tom Cabin” and was a abolitionist.	Harriet Beecher Stowe
Separate bills to defuse the political tension over the new territories gained from the Mexican American war.	Compromise of 1850
15th president of America from 1857 to 1861 and was the one who wanted to by Cuba and the Ostend Manifesto was leaked	James Buchanan
It was the caning of Charles Sumner who was caned by Brooks after he gave a speech about how South Carolina was to blame for Bloody Kansas and spoke against Senator of South Carolina	Sumner/Brooks Affair
16th president of the U.S. and was a member of the Whig party and was a major member in the new Republican party.	Abraham Lincoln
The split between two groups or two areas due to different views on topics.	Sectionalism
A famous book written about the harsh treatment that slaves had to endure during the time, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and was read all around the world	Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The rule for Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state in 1857	Lecompton Constitution
a series of violent fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery in Kansas when they moved to Kansas to try to influence the decision of whether or not Kansas would be a slave or free state	“Bleeding Kansas”
When a Missouri slave sued for his freedom, claiming that his years in the north made him a free man. The Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue because he wasn't a citizen.	Dred Scott decision
A financial crash that was caused by inflation, over-speculation and excess grain production	Panic of 1857
Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery.	Lincoln-Douglas Debates
John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.	Harper’s Ferry raid
A constitutional amendment to protect slavery from federal interference in any state where it already existed.	Crittenden Compromise
First battle of the Civil war.	Fort Sumter
States between the north and the south	Border states
Petition requiring law enforcement officers to present detained individuals before the court to examine the legality of the arrest.	Habeas corpus
people that didn't agree with the new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.	New York Draft Riots
Gave 160 acres of free western land to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. It encouraged westward migration.	Homestead Act
President of the Confederacy.	Jefferson Davis
First major battle of the Civil War and a victory for the South.	Battle of Bull Run (Manassas Junction)
An attempt to capture the capital Richmond by circumventing the confederate army by sea.	Peninsula Campaign
Civil War battle that ended in a decisive victory in Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was to push further into the North.	Second Battle of Bull Run
A Civil War battle in Which the North succeeded in stopping Lee’s forced in Maryland.	Battle of Antietam
A Presidential executive order meant to free enslaved individuals	Emancipation Proclamation
abolished slavery and involuntary service	13th Amendment
One of the biggest and bloodiest civil war battles, fought from December 11th-15th, 1862. The battle resulted in an important win for the Confederates and left	Battle of Fredericksburg
A 3-day battle from July 1st-July 3rd, 1863. The battle consequently lead to up to 51,000 deaths and the turning point that concluded in the Union’s victory.	Battle of Gettysburg
An important speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the end of the Civil War meant to praise Union soldiers.	Gettysburg Address
A one day battle where two union armies worked together to defeat Mississippi’s confederate army.	Battle of Shiloh
A major Union victory that gave the Union control of the Mississippi river.	Siege of Vicksburg
A military campaign ran through Georgia. Sherman’s soldiers stole food, livestock, and burned houses and barns as a manner of opposing Georgia’s confederate ideologies.	Sherman’s March to the Sea
One of the most deadliest and violent campaigns of the Civil War meant to halt Robert E Lee’s sending of troops into Atlanta.	Wilderness Campaign
One of the final Civil War battles where Robert E Lee had his last engagement.	Appomattox Courthouse
A confederate general who was a pivotal part of all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war.	Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
A Union general and soldier who was appointed as the major general near the beginning of the war.	George B. McClellan
.	Robert E. Lee
A commanding general (later 18th President) responsible for leading the Union to victory	Ulysses S. Grant
Soldier, Businessman, Business man, and Educator known for his command of military strategy	William Tecumseh Sherman
A stage actor who gained notoriety for assassinating Abraham Lincoln	John Wilkes Booth
Established in 1864 by Congress to aid former slaves and poor Southern farmers after the Civil War. Included food, housing, and medical aid as well as school and legal.	Freedman’s Bureau
Made by President Lincoln in the Civil war, it would establish the plan for the reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended.	Ten Percent Plan
Framework for reconstruction and re-admittance of the Confederation to the Union	Wade-Davis Bill
Laws and unwritten laws that stopped free black people from doing things they had the right to do after the war, such as conduct business, buy land, and move through public space freely	Black Codes
All people born in the United States, besides Natives, were declared citizens of the United States	Civil Rights Bill
State cannot do anything against the liberties of a citizen	14th Amendment
Outlined the terms for readmission to representation of the rebel states of the Confederacy	Reconstruction Act
Race, color, or previous condition of servitude cannot stop someone from voting, voting rights for men	15th Amendment
Made military tribunals trying civilians is unconstitutional unless no civil courts are available	Ex parte Milligan
Group during the reconstruction era, wanted to regain political power and show white supremacy in the South	Redeemers
People who supported reconstruction in the South	Scalawags
Historical term used by Southerners, people who went to the South from the North after the Civil War	Carpetbaggers
A white supremacist group, infamous for the violence done against black and other people of color, extremely large and present to this day	Ku Klux Klan
The purchasing of Alaska, attacked for the secrecy of the deal as public knowledge had lacked any information until deal was made	Seward’s Folly
17th president, president during the Reconstruction Era and was deeply involved in keeping the Union together before the war.	Andrew Johnson