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| South Carolinians who favored seceding for the Union only as a last resort. They believed that South Carolina should only secede if other Southern States also seceded. |
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| South Carolinians who preferred the idea of remaining in the Union |
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| These people argued that breaking apart from the Union prior to the Civil War was the only answer for SC. AKA fire-eaters and radicals |
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1. Blockade the coast of the South to prevent the export of cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops from the South and to keep them from importing much needed war supplies.
2. Divide the Confederacy into two parts by taking control of the Mississippi
3. Take Richmond (the capitol of the confederacy) |
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| The blocking of southern ports from shipping or receiving any supplies from Europe |
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| 54th Massachusetts 2.1.10 |
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| An infantry regiment that saw extensive federal service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of the first official black units in the United States armed forces. |
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| Port Royal Experiment 2.3.10 |
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| A program begun during the Civil War in which former slaves successfully worked on the land abandoned by plantation owners in SC |
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| William Tecumseh Sherman 2.2.10 |
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| received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he used in conducting total war against the South. Sherman was the first modern general |
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| Emancipation Proclamation 2.4.10 |
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| consists of two presidential orders issued by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. The first order, issued 9.22.1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state at war with the US that did not return to Union control by 1.1.1863. |
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| An exemption to the Conscription Law passed by the Confederate Congress in April 1862. It excused slaveholders owning twenty or more slaves from being drafted for service in the Civil War. |
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| the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 |
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| Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction of the South 2.9.10 |
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| 10% of a state’s population must swear allegiance to the Union to come back into the United States. States must understand that slavery was no longer legal. |
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| Outlawed slavery in the United States |
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| 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment 2.11.10 |
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Definition: 14th Amendment made all freedmen citizens of the United States
Definition: 15th Amendment gave all freedmen the right to vote |
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| Laws passed by southern states that defined the rights of former slaves and addressed black-white relationships. In general, these laws created a second-class citizenship for blacks, disallowing them the right to vote and generally discriminating on racial grounds. |
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| A person who enters an agreement with a land owner to farm the land and then pay a portion (share) of the produce as rent. |
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Carpetbagger 2.17.10
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A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.
A white Southerner working for or supporting the federal government during Reconstruction. |
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| Impeachment is a formal process in which an elected official is accused of unlawful activity, and which may or may not lead to the removal of that official from office. |
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| To give formal consent to; make officially valid |
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| A constitution is a set of rules for government |
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| A refusal to do business with a given party until certain demands are met |
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| Freedmen's Bureau (2.25.10) |
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| an agency set up by the U.S. government at the close of the Civil War to help the freed slaves. It offered help of various kinds, including education and resolving disputes with employers |
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| Southerners who worked openly, were more organized and directed their efforts at political goals: namely, to restore the Democrats to power by turning out Republicans, and repressing civil rights and voting by blacks |
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| Acquisition of money, position, etc., by dishonest or unjust use of political power |
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| Northern Aid Societies (3.3.10) |
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| Private organizations that were created by northern individuals or organizations with the sole purpose of helping the free blacks. |
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| supporters of Wade Hampton who gained power for Hampton through intimidation of Republican voters in SC. |
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| Compromise of 1877 (3.5.10) |
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| Ended miltary occupation and reconstruction of the South by giving the presidential election to Rutherford B Hayes in exchange of pulling out federal troops from the South and by Hayes promising to build a Southern transcontinental railroad. |
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| Hamburg Massacre (3.8.10) |
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| (8 July 1876), clash between the Radical Republicans and the Democrats for the control of South Carolina during Reconstruction. Several hundred armed white men gathered in Hamburg – a black community - to force the disarming of a black militia company accused of obstructing the streets. In the melee that followed, one white man and seven black men were killed. |
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| was a term used by white Southerners to refer to the return of the South to conservative Democratic Party rule after the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877), which followed the American Civil War. |
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| money that must be paid in order to vote. There used to be poll taxes in some places in the USA; this tax kept many poor people from voting since they could not afford to pay the tax. |
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| Creditors were allowed to have first claim on a farmer’s crop |
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| Textile Industry (3.12.10) |
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| the production of finished cloth from raw fiber |
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| The right or privilege of voting |
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| The systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating Black people, especially as practiced in the American South from the end of Reconstruction to the mid-20th century. |
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| An association of farmers founded in the United States in 1867 to further the cause of the small farmer. |
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| A S.C. politician who championed the A S.C. politician who championed the small white farmer. |
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| The supreme court case that made separate but equal legal |
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aka People's Party. Supported farmers and
1. Progressive Income Tax
2. Government ownership of Railroads
3. Government ownership of telegraph and telephone systems
4. Eight hour work days for industrial workers. |
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| Built by factory owners to provide homes, schools, and churches for workers. |
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| movement of people from one area or region to another. |
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| Charleston Earth Quake of 1886 (4.8) |
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| one of the largest earthquakes in eastern United States. |
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| Movement of people from their homeland to another country |
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| Individual who consciously searches for corruption on the part of public officials or business and exposes it to the public. Muckraker described members of the American Progressive movement of political activists during the years 1890-1912 who sought to expose graft and corruption. |
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| a social settlement house founded in Chicago in 1889 by Jane Addams |
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| a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages |
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| a political and social term for ideologies and movements favoring or advocating changes or reform |
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| Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans |
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| patriotism: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it |
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| alliance - a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest |
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| a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries |
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| an ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby claims to be its most important aspect |
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| is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American south. |
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| Southern Literary Renaissance (4.27) |
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| was the reinvigoration of American Southern literature that began in the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of writers such as William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, and Julia Peterkin |
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| The New Deal was a series of economic programs passed by Congress during the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the 3 Rs: relief, recovery and reform. |
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| Rural Electrification Act (4.29) |
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| provided federal loans for installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States. |
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| Social Security Act (4.30) |
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The original Social Security Act[1] (1935) encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs. The larger and better known programs are:
Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Unemployment benefits
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled (Medicare)
Grants to States for Medical Assistance Programs (Medicaid)
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) |
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