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Freedmen’s Bureau
the government organization set up to help the newly freed African Americans get help with jobs, housing, medical needs, education, etc
Kansas Nebraska Act
repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty in states/territories.
Black codes
laws passed that restricted and limited the rights of the freed African Americans in the South
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Missouri compromise
1820) set the boundaries for slavery in the US/territories; above 36’ 30 line of latitude no slavery was allowed except for MISSOURI; below that line slavery was allowed; this allowed for maintaining the balance between free and slave states in the Congress
Jefferson Davis
the president of the Confederate States of America
John Wilkes Booth
responsible for assassinating President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington DC five days after the Civil War ended
Ulysses S. Grant
the general for the Army of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of the United States; president during the Civil War
Robert E Lee
general for the Confederate States of America army
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery
14th Amendment
granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
15th amendment
guaranteed African American males the right to vote
