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Robert E. Lee
Confederate General who led southern forces against the Union Army in the American Civil War. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
He was the 18th President of the United States. He worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. -
Spoil System
This meant that goods or benefits were being taken from the loser in a competition, election or military victory. -
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Wilmot Proviso
This was was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. -
Patronage
This was the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges. -
Compromise of 1850
This was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This was passed by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott v. Sandford case was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the labor law and constitutional law. -
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
These were a series of seven debates between the current Illinois Senator and the candidate for senate. -
Election of 1860
Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
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Fort Sumter
This was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army. -
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Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. It freed all slaves. -
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Abraham Lincoln regulated the Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was fought around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
This was one of the most well-known speeches in history given by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. -
Election of 1864
Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president against his former top Civil War general, the Democratic candidate, George B. McClellan. -
Abraham Lincoln
He showed leadership skills as he served as the United States' 16th President. -
Reconstruction
This was the process of rebuilding the South after the American Civil War. -
The Whiskey Ring
This was a scandal involving diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. -
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Jim Crow Laws
These were any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the South between the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of the civil rights movement.