Period 5: 1844 - 1877 Flashcards
1
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Wilmot Proviso
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Congressman David Wilmot’s proposal of slavery being banned in newly acquired Mexican territory? –> conflict
2
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Homestead Act 1862
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granted families moving West 160 acres of land to stay for 5 years, encouragement of western expansion
3
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Compromise of 1850
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- allowed CA in as free state
- popular sovereignty in land gained from Mexican Cession
- strengthened fugitive slave laws
4
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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Overturned MO Compromise, instituted popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska –> bleeding Kansas
broke up Whig party, which then formed Republican party
5
Q
Hiram Revels
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First AA elected to Congress in Reconstruction
6
Q
13, 14, 15 Amendments & effect on womens rights
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13th - abolished slavery
14th - citizenship
15th - suffrage
split the movement; some only advocated for it if it included women
7
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Dred Scott decision
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AAs aren’t citizens under Constitution
