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Civil Rights + Reconstruction Flashcards

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Reform

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the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt

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Nativist

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a person who urges the promotion of the interests of inhabitants born in a country over those of immigrants

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Steam Engine

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An engine powered worked by steam

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Battle of Fort Sumter

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First fired shots of the Civil War. (Confederate Victory, fought in South Carolina)

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Suffrage

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the right to vote, especially in a political election.

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Battle of Bull Run

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1861- 1st MAJOR battle of Civil War; proved war was going to be long and costly

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Co-Education

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the education of students of both sexes together.

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Abolitionist

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a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or slavery.

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Battle of Shiloh

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Confederate forces surprised Union troops & drove them across Tennessee; Union carried on and won the battle, but it was one of the most bloody battles in the Civil War

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Casualty

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a person killed or injured in a war or accident.

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Revolt

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To rise in Rebellion

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Prohibition

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the action of forbidding something, especially by law.

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Three of every five slaves were counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Popular sovereignty is a government based on the consent of the people.

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Battle of Antietam

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Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in stopping Lee’s Confederate forces in Maryland. Was THE bloodiest battle of the war, resulting in 25,000 casualties.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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The turning point of the Civil War that had made it clear the North would win. (50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade in the North.)

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Underground Railroad

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A network of people offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.

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Dred Scott Decision

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Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.

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Bleeding Kansas

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pro-slavery, Free-Staters, and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29.

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Gettysburg Adress

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On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that was later known as the Gettysburg Address. This speech was dedicated to honoring the people during the Civil War and encapsulating everything the U.S. was struggling with at the time.

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Union Troops

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the northern army during the American Civil War

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Appomattox Court House

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Famous as the site of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse, where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant (April 9, 1865)

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Confederacy

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a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.

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Abraham Lincoln

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The 16th President of the United States

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Jefferson Davis

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American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States

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secession

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the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.

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militia

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a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

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Surrender

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to yield (something) to the possession or power of another: deliver up possession of on demand or under duress.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Proclamation issued by President Lincoln; freeing all slaves in the areas still at war with the Union

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13 Amendment

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Abolished/ended slavery

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US Civil War

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The violent conflict between Union (North) and Confederate (South) forces over states rights and slavery

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Reconstruction

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The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

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Lynching

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(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.

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Jim Crow Laws

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Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites

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Sharecrop(ing)

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(of a tenant farmer) cultivate (farmland) giving a part of each crop as rent.

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integrate

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combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.

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Segregation

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Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

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Freedman

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an emancipated slave.

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Reconstruction act of 1867

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Necessary requirements for the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union

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Amnesty

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A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

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Ten Percent Plan

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A plan enacted by President Abraham Lincoln in Union-controlled Louisiana in 1863 that offered an amnesty and full restoration of rights, including property except for slaves, to nearly all white southerners who took an oath affirming loyalty to the Union and support for emancipation; when 10 percent of the voters of 1860 had taken the oath, they could elect a new state government, which would be required to abolish slavery.

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Freedman

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A person who has been freed from slavery

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Integrate

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To bring together and make whole

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Sharecropping

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A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

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Lynching

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putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law

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