Dredd Scot Case
ruled that Scott had no right because he was not a citizen , decision struck Missouri compromise and it was a violation of the 5th amendment . decision outraged abolitionists and those who favored popular sovereignty.
First state to secede
South Carolina
effective general in the union's western battles , took command of union army in 1864 and accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender
Ulysses S. Grant
Command of Confederacy Army of Northern Virginia; surrendered to General Grant
Robert E. Lee
the guarantee action that a person cannot be imprisoned without being brought before a judge.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Proclamation freed the slaves in the confederate states while maintaining slavery in the border states loyal to the union.
Emancipation proclamation
amendment that abolished all slavery in all of the states
13th amendment
it was an agency that CREATED THAT PROTECTED LEGAL RIGHTS OF FREED BLACKS, PROVIDED EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE, AND LEASED LAND TO FAMILIES.
Freedmans bureau establish ?
bloodiest single day of the war, halting confederate advance. mcClellan met a prepared union force at Antietam Creek, Maryland
Battle of Antietam
Ensuring that states will not pass any future laws that infringe upon the rights of any human being, so long as they are "born or naturalized" in the United States.
14th amendment
fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton because he didn't want a radical presiding over military rule in the south. � This violated the recently passed Tenure of Office act, which was created to limit the president's hiring and firing power. � Because this w
how did Andrew Johnson get impeached ?
THESE LAWS CREATED THE FOUNDATION FOR THE LEGAL SEGREGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THE TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
What are Black Codes ?
2nd inaugural address
Expressed both his conviction that slavery was evil and his hope of reuniting the nation once was is over . Expressed his sorrow that so many on both sides had suffered and communicated a vision for rebuilding the south rather than punishing it .
Battle was the key turning point of the war . And bloodiest war of the entire civil war .union beat south later president Lincoln gave his "Gettysburg address
Battle of Gettysburg
Formal withdrawal of a state from the union ?
Secession
Act allowed the previously free and unorganized territories of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not to permit slavery by popular sovereignty
Kansas -Nebraska act
Proviso or condition , proposed banning slavery from any land purchased from Mexico .
Wilson proviso
Believed that the federal gov should restrict itself to powers specifically stated in the constitution and that all else should be left to the states
States rights
Jefferson Davis
President of the confederate states
Why was Atlanta and important target for the union to arrack ?
Had main railroads pass through and was the main of trading
First shots fired ? Who fired first ? Where ?
In Charleston , by its citadel cadets upon a civilian ship
Difference between presidential and radical reconstruction ?
Presidential reconstruction Johnson rejected the radical program of reconstruction and instead appointed his own governors and tried to finish reconstruction by the end of 1865
What did the rise of the KKK show in the south ?
It showed that the whites still did not like blacks . Mistreated them through other processes other then Slavery
Outcome and result of the civil war
Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomatax courthouse and was now apart of the country again
Lawrence Massacre
The killing of 200 people on Kansas