Period 5: 1844-1877

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Nativist

A native born person or group that opposes immigrants

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Manifest destiny

The belief that Americans were destined to spread the United States from coast to coast

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Abraham Lincoln

The 16th president of the United States who was determined to preserve the union at all costs; his election set in motion the civil war

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Reconstruction

The period after the civil war during which northern political leaders imposed strict regulations and governance on the South so that the South could rejoin the union

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1850

the compromise of 1850 admitted California to the union. Part of this compromise imposed the fugitive slave late on northerners

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1852

Harriet Beecher Stowe published “uncle toms cabin”

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1857

The dried Scott decision ruled that slaves were not considered citizens and did not have the right to sue in federal courts

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1860

Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States. Almost immediately , South Carolina seceded from the union.

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1863

President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves currently in rebellion against the union

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1867

Congress gained greater control over the South through the reconstruction acts of 1867

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1877

The compromise of 1877 withdrew federal troops from the south in exchange for electing a democratic leader to the presidents cabinet

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Dred Scott v Sandford

Slaves are property; Africans can’t be citizens

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