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Revolution of 1800

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  • when jefferson defeated adams in the, created a new generation of democratic republican leadership
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12th Amendment

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  • said that when electing a president one must have to vote for a president and vice president instead of two presidents were the second becomes vp
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  1. Thomas Jefferson
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(1801-09) Democratic Rep.

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Midnight Judges

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  • the attempt of john adams to pack the supreme court with judges of his choice to keep federalist rule, he did this on the last night of his presidency
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John Marshall

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  • chief justice, judicial review
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Marbury v Madison

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(Judicial Review) - says that the supreme court can rule laws invalid if they believe they are unconstitutional

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Impressment -

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when people would be taken against their will and forced to serve in the army, most commonly used by the british army

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La. Purchase 1803 -

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when the U.S. doubled its size by purchasing 530 million acres of land for 15 million dollars from france, monroe and livingston negotiated this

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Embargo Act of 1807

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  • closed U.S. ports to all exports and restricted imports from britain, tried to stop impressing seamen
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  1. James Madison
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(1809-17) Dem Rep

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War of 1812 -

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was fought between america and britain of the impressment of american seamen, ended by the Treaty of Ghent, was a draw, washington DC was burned by the British

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Henry Clay (American System) -

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“great compromiser”, a high protective tariff and the implication of internal imports

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Hartford Convention -

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a convention of federalist in 1814

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Treaty of Ghent -

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ended the war of 1812, on christmas eve of 1814

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  1. James Monroe
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(1817-25) Dem Rep

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Monroe Doctrine 1823

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  • stated that no one could colonize the americas
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Missouri Compromise 1820

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  • admitted missouri as a slave state and made maine a state and then admitted it is a non slave state at the same time to keep and equal balance of slave vs non slave states
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Democratic Party -

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formed in 1828 by jackson

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  1. Q. Adams
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(1825-29) Nat. Rep.

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  1. A. Jackson
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(1829-37) Dem

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Whig Party -

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founded by henry clay in 1833

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Spoils system

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  • gives a reward to family and friends and those who helped with working towards their president becoming elected, was a good thing in some ways but also brought people who had bad intentions into politics, it also brought money into the government election system
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Jacksonian Democracy -

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  • the idea of spreading political power to the people
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Indian Removal Act 1830

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  • said that the president would give land grants (reservations) to native american tribes that would move from their land peacefully
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Trail of Tears 1838

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  • forced removal of native americans out west, many were killed, seminole, choctaw, etc.
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Worcester v Georgia

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  • said that the states had no right to impose restrictions on native american land
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Nullification -

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to make a law invalid

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Tariff of Abominations (Yankee Tariff)

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  • raised the cost of foreign imported good
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Specie circular -

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said the the purchase of lands could only be made in gold or silver

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Nicholas Biddle -

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president of the second bank of the united states

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Nat Turner -

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an enslaved african american preacher who led a slave rebellion

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  1. Martin Van Buran
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(1837-41) Dem

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Panic of 1837 -

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caused by overspeculation, lasted several years, led to high unemployment rates, etc.

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  1. William Henry Harrison
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(1841-41) Whig

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  1. John Tyler
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(1841-45) Whig

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Market economy -

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an economic system where two forces, known as supply and demand, direct the production of goods and services

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Eli Whitney (Cotton gin)

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  • easily separated cotton from their seeds, revolutionized cotton industry, realized this was more efficient than slaves
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Interchangeable parts -

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manufacturing system that uses interchangeable parts so that it is easier to make and replace things

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Samuel Slater

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  • “father of the american industrial revolution”
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Textile industry

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  • the cotton gin made the textile industry flourish, us was producing most cotton because of the cotton gin
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Labor unions -

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  • organized group of workers who make decisions about their work together
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Erie Canal -

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went from albany to buffalo, was the longest artificial waterway, used for shipping

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Birth of railroads -

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1827, were originally thought of as very dangerous, john stevens

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Telegraph -

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1837 by samuel morse

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Manifest destiny -

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the divine task of americans to expand their country from east coast to west coast and beyond

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Santa Anna -

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president/dictator of mexico

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Texas -

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they became their own country, the lone star country but in 1845 polk signed the annexation bill into congress and accepted texas as the 28th state

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Sam Houston -

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american general

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Alamo

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  • texan defenders were beat by santa anna
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Gold Rush -

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1849, gold rush in california

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Protective tariff -

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taxes with the intent of protecting inside industry

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Irish/Germans -

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the irish were very discriminated against, they worked the dangerous jobs that no one else wanted and mostly lived in the middle colonies in the cities. The Germans were typically more wealthy and brought over beer, gyms in schools, and Christmas trees, they mostly worked in carpentry.

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Cult of domesticity -

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the thought that women belong in the house and should not do anything other than cook, clean, care for children, and should not get an education

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Rise of cities -

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one of the main reasons this happened was the industrial revolution

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2nd Great Awakening -

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introduced social issues into the awakening such as temperance, slavery, and suffrage

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Temperance -

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no drinking, mostly advocated for by women

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Mormans -

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led by brigham young, went west, were controversial because of polygamy

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Seneca Falls convention -

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1848, seneca falls NY, a meeting of women and men to address women’s rights

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Horace Mann -

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brought public school to the attention of the country and made it popular

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William Lloyd Garrison -

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wrote “The Liberator”, and anti slavery newspaper

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Frederick Douglass -

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an ex-slave who became an importat social figure, advocated for abolition, womens rights, etc.

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Harriet Tubman -

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a runaway slave who helped other slaves get to freedom on the underground railroad

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  1. James Polk
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(1845-49) Dem

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Mexican War 1846-48

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  • Mexican-American War, war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim).
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Wilmot Proviso

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  • an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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  • ended mexican war, we got california and new mexico
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Stephen Douglass

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  • kansas nebraska act
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Popular sovereignty -

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government based on the consent of people, bsaiclly that people shoudl choose whether or not they have slavery

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  1. Z. Taylor
  2. M. Fillmore
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(1849-50) Whig
(1850-53) Whig

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Compromise of 1850 -

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  • fugitive slave law was made more strict and slaevry was banned in DC
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1852 -

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Harriet Beecher-Stowe, arguably the most impactful political book in hisotry, led to the wide support of abolition

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Bleeding Kansas -

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pro slavery vs anti slaevry bloodshed in the state

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Know-Nothing Party (nativism) -

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anti-catholic, anti-jewish, anti-immigrant,

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Republican Party 1854 -

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anti slavery, mostly northerners, businesspeople, prosperous farmers, facotry workers, and slaves

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John Brown -

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was hung for a raid that was for abolition

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  1. Franklin Pierce
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(1853-57) Dem

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Dred Scott -

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denied the legality of black citizenship in America, declared the missouri compromise unconstitutional

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  1. James Buchanon
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(1857-61) Dem

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Lincoln Douglass debates 1858 -

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Douglass accused Lincoln of being an abolitionist and Lincoln accused Douglass of wanting to nationalize slavery

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  1. Abe Lincoln
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(1861-65) Rep

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S.C. Secedes 1860 -

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left because of abolition progress

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Jefferson Davis

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  • president of the CSA
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CSA -

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confederate states of america, pro slavery

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Border states -

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Delaware, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Missouri, separated the north and south, north and south both wanted them to join/stay

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Bull Run McDowell, Antietam Mclellan, Gettysburg Meade, Vicksburg U.S. Grant

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  • battles of the civil war, all union victories except for bull run
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Appomattox Court House -

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where lee surrenderd to grant in 1865

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Sherman’s March to the Sea -

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civil war campaing were soldoers marched to the southern sea and destoryed southern towns

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Emancipation Proclamation -

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declared that slaves were free but didnt actually do anything

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  1. Andrew Johnson
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(1865-69) Dem

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13th/14th/15th Amendments

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  • slaves were freed by the 13th, black people coudl gain citizenship by the 14th, black men could vot by the 15th
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10 percent plan -

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said that confederate states coudl make a ne state governemnt if 10 percent of their population took an oath to be loyal to the union

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Radical Republicans -

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they wanted to punish the csa leaders

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Freedmen’s bureau -

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relief for freedmen and refugees, gave clothes, food, etc.

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Swing around the circle campaign

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  • a falied campaign by johnson to gian supporters, he traveled a lot therefore gaining the nickname
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Military Reconstruction Act 1867 -

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divided the south into 5 military districts and occupied them with union armies and generals

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Impeachment of Johnson -

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said he had violated the tenure office act

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  1. U.S. Grant
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(1869-1877)

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Scalawags -

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a southerner who supported the north

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Boss Tweed

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  • he stole money by making shady deals with the companies he hired for certain jobs around the city
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Compromise of 1877

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*end of reconstruction - an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; through it Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana.

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Election of 1877 -

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Hayes v Tilden, there were disputed votes in florida, louisiana, south carolina, and oregon, Hayes ended up winning

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  1. Rutherford B. Hayes
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(1877-1881) Rep

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