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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852. It was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was published in the north. The significance is that this book changed forever how Americans viewed slavery. Lincoln said it was one of the causes of the Civil War.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
It was passed by the U.S. congress. U.S. congress established the territories of Kansas &Nebraska. It allowed people in the territories to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. They came up with popular soveirgnty.
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Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott decision was held in Washington, D.C. Dred Scott vs. Sandford was a courtcase in 1857. The supreme court ruled that African Americans could never be citizens. Scott's master had brought him from Missouri which is a slave state to Illinois, a free state. This case gave Scott no rights to file a lawsuit and to remain a slave.
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Election of 1860
Southern states threatened to seceed from the Union if a Republican won the presidency. Lincoln won presidency against Buchanan. Lincoln received no electoral votes from the south. The south formed a group, the Confederates.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print
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Confederate States of America
The Confederacy was formed in the South to rebel against Lincoln being president, protect and recognize slavery in new territories. South wanted to leave the Union. Northerners didnt allow it, so that lead to the civil war.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print
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Emancipation Proclomation
This was formed by Lincoln. Proclomation didnt free any slaves immediately. This was a military action aimed at the states in rebellion which were the southern states. The proclomation gave the war a high moral purpose by turning the struggle into a fight to free slaves. Confederate were more determined than ever to fight to preserve its way of life.
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Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address is a ceremony that was held to dedicate a cemetery in Gettysburg. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address remade America. Lincoln mentioned all men are created equal. This was a resting place for who gave their lives for their nation that might live.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.
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13th Amendment
Lincoln introduced the 13th Amendment. This was to abolish slavery. The U.S. constitution now stated that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the U.S. This made the South mad. It would change their entire way of life
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Freedman's Bureau
In U.S. History, a federal agency, formed to aid and protect the newly freed blacks in the south after the civil war. President Andrew Jackson saw it unconstitutional. It regulated black labor under the new conditions. It was discontinued July 1, 1869.
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Appomattox Court House Surrender
General Lee and Grant met to arrange a Confederate surrender on April 9, 1865. It was in a Virginia village called Appomattox Court House. Many buildings were destroyed, people killed, They knew the war was near the end and who was going to win.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print
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Lincoln's Assassination
Lincoln and his wife went to Ford's Theatre in Washington. During the third act, a man silently crept behind Lincoln, raised a pistol, and fired. Hitting Lincold in the back of the head. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, a 26-year-old actor and southern sympathizer.Union cavalry trapped him and killed him.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print
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14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment stated "all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. and state wherein they reside. It was ratified to protect the rights of native-born black Americans. It was made to prevent state government from denying blacks' citizenship.
Appleby, Joyce Oldham. "10-12." The American Vision. New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.
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15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment provides that governments in the U.S. may not prevent a citizen from voting. Race, color, or previously enslaved could stop men from voting now with this amendment. The first person to vote under the provisions of the amendment was Thomas Mundy Peterson.Library of Congress Home. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. http://loc.gov.
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Election of 1876
Republicans decided not to run the scandalist Grant for 3rd term. People sought to nominate candidates who could win the public's trust. Democrats turned to Samuel J. Tilden. Compromise of 1877 convinced Democrats that they should accept the commisions 8-7 vote. That lead Hayes to winning presidency.
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