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Ch. 4-5
U.S. History America: Pathways to the Present, Modern American History ©2005
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WAR OF ATTRITION | Southern Confederates, one side inflicts continuous losses on the enemy in order to wear down its strength, 1861-1877, Confederate United States, southern forces being able defend Union attacks until North lose the will to fight, Union had more resources |
| GETTYSBURG ADDRESS | Lincoln, about the civil war dedicated too of a national cemetary, November 1863, Battle of Gettysberg city, To address the dead union soldiers, aprox. 15,000 people gathered at the site, espresses greif and the terrible cost of war |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 16th United States President, Was president throughout the Civil war and wrote amazing speaches, President from 1861-1865, United States, Won vote against John C. Breckinridge,John Bell,Stephen A. Douglas &George B McClellan, Won North votes, Assinated |
| 14TH AMENDMENT | Congress, equal protection for citizens under the law, June 1866, United States, gave blacks rights even after the Civil Rights Act, Congress overrode presidents veto, another amendment |
| STATES' RIGHTS | South Carolina, powers that the Constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states, 1828, SC nullification threat, sate sovereignty, SC left the Union |
| ROBERT E. LEE | Confederate leader, Took over the Confederate states, 1861, Led battles, with force, He lost... |
| KKK | Ku Klux Klan, Ghost pretenders who murdered 1000 men and blacks, TN and LA, 1866-1867, to seek refenge for confederates, Wore white robes and hats, Group rose to high numbers |
| 15TH AMENDMENT | Congress, no citizen may be denied the right to vote "by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude", Feb 1869, United States, Part of Reconstruction, voted, Gave rights to everyone |
| EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | Lincoln, addressed slaves in areas of rebellion against the government would be free, December 31 1863, free some slaves, slaves were free |
| COMPROMISE OF 1877 | democrats, Rutherford B Hayes the victory in the presidential election and Hayes in return agreed to remove the remaining federal tropps from southern states, 1877, dispute, |
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