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Slavery
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The state of being held as a slave
People in Africa were taken from their homeland into America by diaspora for slavery
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| The state of being held as a slave |
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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.
The United States endured a secession when The CSA decided that they no longer wanted to be a part of it.
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| the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state. |
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Nullification
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the act of cancelling something
The Nullification Proclamation, introduced by former president Andrew Jackson that disputed a state's right to nullify a federal law |
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| the act of cancelling something |
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States Rights
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the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
State's rights were very influential in the Confederates sucession
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| the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. |
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Dred Scott Case
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a legal case that declared that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States
"Due to the Dred Scott Case my people were just considered property, man that was wrong" |
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| a legal case that declared that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States |
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Election of 1860
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The presidential election that set left the base for the Civil War
The candidates of the elections represented the parties of the Democrats, Constitutional Union, and Republicans |
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| The presidential election that set left the base for the Civil War |
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Alexander Stephens
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A participant of the Democratic Party
Alexander Stephens was an American politician who served as vice president |
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| A participant of the Democratic Party |
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Georgia Platform
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a response to the Missouri Compromise
A statement executed by a Georgian Convention in Milledgeville. |
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| a response to the Missouri Compromise |
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Missouri Compromise
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An effort by Congress to diffuse the sectional and political rivalries.
The Missouri Compromise was passed by the 16th US Congress.
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| An effort by Congress to diffuse the sectional and political rivalries. |
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Fort Sumter
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The Civil War began when the South attacked this fort.
It is also known as Andersonville Prison. |
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| The Civil War began when the South attacked this fort |
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Chickamauga
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Where the first major battle of the Civil War took place
Also was known as the second bloodiest of the Civil War |
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Where the first major battle of the Civil War took place
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Andersonville
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Where the most notorious prisoner of war camp from the Civil War was located.
In Andersonville, Captain Henry Wiz was executed. |
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| Where the most notorious prisoner of war camp from the Civil War was located. |
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William T. Sherman
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The Union general responsible for burning down Atlanta
Sherman was responsible for his own two missions to destroy Georgia's morale. |
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| The Union general responsible for burning down Atlanta |
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
The purpose of this “March to the Sea” was to frighten Georgia’s civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. |
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| a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. |
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
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a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864.
During the Atlanta Campaign Union General William T. Sherman faced off against Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Hood in a series of battles in northern Georgia.
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| a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. |
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Emancipation Proclamation
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An American document that led to the freedom of over four million slaves in the United States issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
The Emancipation Proclamation was the peak and eventually led to the end of the Civil War.
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| An American document that led to the freedom of over four million slaves in the United States issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 |
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Free State
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a state of the US in which slavery was illegal.
The free states were also known as the Union. |
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| a state of the US in which slavery was illegal. |
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Slave State
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any of the southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War.
The slave states were also known as the Confederacy. |
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| any of the southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War. |
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Tariffs
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a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
Many people feuded in the American Revolution because a system of many tariffs.
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| a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports |
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Kansas- Nebraska Act[image]
allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
The Kansas-Nebraska act repealed the Missouri Compromise. |
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| allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders |
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Compromise of 1850
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a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which started a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War
Due to the Compromise the south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. |
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| a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). |
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Sectionalism
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Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
Sectionalism is a key factor that influenced the secession of America |
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| Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. |
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Frederick Douglas
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one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women's rights and Irish home rule
Frederick Douglas Born a slave, Douglass escaped at age 20 and went on to become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist. |
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| one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women's rights and Irish home rule |
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William Lloyd Garrison
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a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
In 1832 he helped form the New England Antislavery Society.
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a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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created a novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which played a significant role in accelerating the movement to abolish slavery in the United States.
Stowe's novel influenced and explain the lives of many African Americans during this time.
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created a novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which played a significant role in accelerating the movement to abolish slavery in the United States.
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Popular Sovereignty
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a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
Popular sovereignty influenced people to vote for popular opinions. |
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Abraham Lincoln
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an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.
Abraham Lincoln was a determined man and succeeded in changing his country's mind on seceding. |
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| an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. |
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Antietam
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Where the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with over 23,000 casualties in roughly 12 hours took place
The battle ended the Confederate invasion of Maryland in 1862 and resulted in a Union victory.
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| Where the bloodiest single-day battle in American history with over 23,000 casualties in roughly 12 hours took place |
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Gettysburg
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Where Union and Confederate forces fought during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
This was the turning point for the war and things only went better from there. |
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| Where Union and Confederate forces fought during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. |
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