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Wilmot Proviso

________- important congressional proposal in the 1840s to prohibit the extension of slavery into the territories, a basic plank upon which the Republican Party was subsequently built.

Rutherford B Hayes

Compromise of 1877- The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election; through it, Republican ________ was awarded the White House on the understanding that he would remove the federal troops from South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.

KKK

________- Ku Klux Klan, is either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda.

· Freeport Doctrine

________- Douglas said a territory could prevent slavery by failing to pass favorable legislation.

John Brown

________- ________ was an American abolitionist leader.

Carpetbaggers

________ and Scalawags- ________ "and "scalawag "are derisive epithets that southern Democrats, or Conservatives, applied to white Republicans, or radicals, during Congressional or Radical Reconstruction.

Conscription

________ was used in both World War I and World War II creating a divide between, ________ was all able- bodied would be required to join the army.

Anaconda Plan

________- It was called the "________ "as it would strangle the Confederacy by cutting it off from external markets and sources of material.

Antietam Emancipation Proclamation

________- From the first days of the Civil War, enslaved people had acted to secure their own liberty.

Freedmans Bureau

The ________- The Freedmen's Bureau provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war.

Fugitive Slave Act

1860 Republican Platform- The 1860 Republican platform consisted of 17 declarations of principle, of which 10 dealt directly with the issues of "free soil, "slavery, the ________, and the preservation of the Union, while the remaining 7 dealt with other issues.

Harpers Ferry

________- Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16- 18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at ________, Virginia.

Northern Democrats

The ________ nominated Stephen Douglas on a platform that would allow each territory to decide whether to permit enslavement.

Recon Acts

________ of 1867 (Military Recon)- The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to the representation of rebel states.

Wilmot Proviso

important congressional proposal in the 1840s to prohibit the extension of slavery into the territories, a basic plank upon which the Republican Party was subsequently built

John Brown

John Brown was an American abolitionist leader

Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16-18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

Nat Turners Rebellion

Nat Turner's Rebellion, historically known as the Southampton Insurrection, was a rebellion of enslaved Virginians that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831

1860 Republican Platform

The 1860 Republican platform consisted of 17 declarations of principle, of which 10 dealt directly with the issues of "free soil", slavery, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the preservation of the Union, while the remaining 7 dealt with other issues

1860 Democratic Platform

In 1860, the Democratic Party split into two factions over the issue of enslavement

Dred Scott Decision

Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens

Lincoln Douglas Debates

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate

·         Freeport Doctrine

Douglas said a territory could prevent slavery by failing to pass favorable legislation

·         House Divided Speech

In his "House divided" speech, Lincoln countered that the Dred Scott decision the previous year had already opened the doors for slavery to be legal in the North, as well as all territories that the U.S. expanded into

Anaconda Plan

It was called the "Anaconda Plan" as it would strangle the Confederacy by cutting it off from external markets and sources of material

Conscription

Conscription is the enforced enlistment of citizens for military service

Antietam/Emancipation Proclamation

From the first days of the Civil War, enslaved people had acted to secure their own liberty

Battle of Gettysburg/Gettysburg Address

President Abraham Lincoln wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, to commemorate a new national cemetery at Gettysburg during the American Civil War

Shermans March/Total War

From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia

13th Amendment

Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States

The Freedmans Bureau

The Freedmen's Bureau provided assistance to tens of thousands of formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the Southern States and the District of Columbia in the years following the war

Proclamation of Amnesty (10% Plan)

This proclamation was part of Lincoln's Ten-Percent Plan, a strategy that allowed Confederate states to rejoin the Union when ten percent of its voters swore an oath of allegiance to the Constitution

Radical Republicans/Wade Davis Bill

Led by the Radical Republicans in the House and Senate, Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill on July 2, 1864-co-sponsored by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Davis of Maryland-to provide for the admission to the representation of rebel states upon meeting certain conditions

Black Codes

Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters

Civil Rights Act/14th Amendment

Some southern states began actively passing laws that restricted the rights of former slaves after the Civil War, and Congress responded with the 14th Amendment, designed to place limits on states' power as well as protect civil rights

Recon Acts of 1867 (Military Recon)

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to the representation of rebel states

15th Amendment

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 outlined the terms for readmission to the representation of rebel states

Sharecropping

As cash was scarce, the system of sharecropping arose to meet the need of white landowners of labor for land cultivation and the needs of poor farmers of all races for physical and economic survival

Carpetbaggers and Scalawags

Carpetbagger" and "scalawag" are derisive epithets that southern Democrats, or Conservatives, applied to white Republicans, or radicals, during Congressional or Radical Reconstruction

KKK

Ku Klux Klan, is either of two distinct U.S. hate organizations that employed terror in pursuit of their white supremacist agenda