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Jefferson Davis
He was a civil war confederate leader -
Spoil system
It was a name given to firing and hiring federal workers -
Kansas Nebraska act
It allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted slavery in their states -
Dred Scott case
A man who was a slave that sued for his freedom -
Lincoln-Douglas debates
A series of 7 debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. They were trying to gain control of illinois legislature -
Election of 1860
The election of the president and vice president between Abraham Lincoln and John C. Breckinridge -
Anaconda plan
The plan created a union blockade on the southern ports -
Fort sumter
A battle by the confederate states army and attack on fort sumter -
Battle of vicksburg
It was the final major fight of the civil war -
Emancipation proclamation
It was a letter saying all people being held as slaves should be set free -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a fight between the confederacy and union in the town of Gettysburg -
Draft riots
Riots from draft week where men were drafted for the civil war -
Gettysburg Address
A speech done by President Lincoln -
13th Amendment
The amendment that abolished slavery -
Presidential vs congressional reconstruction
An argument between president Johnson and congress -
14th Amendment
It granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the US -
15th Amendment
It granted African American men to vote -
The whiskey ring
It was a "scandal" with diversion of tax revenues -
Plessy VS. Ferguson
It upheld racial segregation laws -
Grandfather clause
A rule where all rules will still be applied in future cases