Key stuff - Civil war :p Flashcards
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Popular sovereignty
government based on consent of the people
Secession
To withdraw formally from a group, membership, association etc.
Congress
a formal meeting in which representatives or experts discuss important matters, make decisions, etc.
Amendment
An official law or rule.
13th Amendment
1865 - Slavery formally abolished
14th Amendment
1868 - Former slaves granted citizenship
15th Amendment
1870 - Black men allowed to vote
Abolitionist
A civil rights activist
Union
The north
Confederacy
The south
Assassination
The killing of someone important.
Abraham Lincoln
16th US president, changed the course of civil war, union leader
Jefferson Davis
Former Confederate states leader
Ulysses S Grant
Union General
Robert E Lee
Confederate general
Harriet Tubman
Civil Rights activist
1820
Missouri Compromise
1850
Compromise
1860
Election of Lincoln
December 1860
Secession
1861 - 1865
Civil war
April 1865
Assasination of Lincoln
December 1865
13th Amendment
1/3 of southern population were
Slaves