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Nativist
A native born person or group that opposes immigrants
Manifest destiny
The belief that Americans were destined to spread the United States from coast to coast
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
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
1850
the compromise of 1850 admitted California to the union. Part of this compromise imposed the fugitive slave late on northerners
1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe published “uncle toms cabin”
1857
The dried Scott decision ruled that slaves were not considered citizens and did not have the right to sue in federal courts
1860
Abraham Lincoln elected president of the United States. Almost immediately , South Carolina seceded from the union.
1863
President Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves currently in rebellion against the union
1867
Congress gained greater control over the South through the reconstruction acts of 1867
1877
The compromise of 1877 withdrew federal troops from the south in exchange for electing a democratic leader to the presidents cabinet
Dred Scott v Sandford
Slaves are property; Africans can’t be citizens