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History
Term | Definition |
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Abraham Lincoln | 16th president wrote Emancipation Proclaimation |
Emancipation Proclaimation | Freed slaves in rebelling states |
Reform | Changes to make society better |
Hiram Rhodes Revels | First Black to be a senator in U.S. |
Daniel Webster | Senator from Massachusetts supported Union |
Hudson River School | Group of painters focused on landsacpe |
Lincoln- Douglas Debate | Debate between Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas about slavery |
Jefferson Davis | President of CSA |
Frederick Douglass | Former slave Newspaper North Star |
Philip Bazar | Navy man who was awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Toms Cabin |
Dred Scott vs Sanford | Determined slaves were property no matter where they go in the U.S. |
John James Audubon | Published Birds of America |
Battle Hymn of The Republic | Glory, Glory, Halleluiah |
54th Regiment | 1st African American regiment |
Fort Sumter | First battle of Civil War |
William Carney | First African American to receive Medal of Honor |
Appomattox Court House | Civil War ended here |
Time Period of the Civil War | 1861- 1865 |
Henry David Thoreau | Transcendentalism, writer |
13th, 14th, and 15th Ammendments | 13- ended slavery, 14- citizenship and equal rights 15- right to vote regardless of race |
John Brown | Raid of Harper's Ferry |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Seneca Falls Convention |
Comp. 1850 | Temp. end to free/slave states |
Sojurner Truth | Abolitionist and Women's rights activist Former slave |
Battle of Gettyburg and Gettyburg Address | Turning point in Civil War |
Fugitive Slave Law | Runaway slaves have to be returned |
Abolition Movement | movement to get rid of slavery |
Stonewall Jackson | Strong CSA leader |
Temperance Movement | Stop alcohol |
Ulysses S. Grant | Commander of Union, 18th President |
Robert E. Lee | Commander of Confederate Army |