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JK Polk
war with Mexico,west. Expansion, 54-40 or Fight
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StephenAustin –
sold land in TX, imprisoned by Santa Anna
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SamHouston
- led TX vs Mexico,first pres of Rep of TX.
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John
Brown
-violent abolitionist. Harper’s Ferry, Pottowatomie Creek KS
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WT
Sherman
-USA general; burned Atlanta, “Sherman’s March”destroyed South’s morale
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Andrew
Johnson-
pres after Lincoln.Easy on the south during Recon., impeached
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Thaddeus
Stevens
-Rad. Rep Senator during Recon, wants to punish South
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Charles
Sumner
-Radical-Rep Senator during Recon.
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Wilmot Proviso
-attempted to stop westward spread of slavery, no slaveryin land from Mex War, didn’t pass
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Freeport Doctrine
-Douglas’ ideas, popular sovereignty
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The North Star
-Frederick Douglass’ abolitionist newspaper.
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“Bleeding Kansas”-
violence there overPop. Sov.
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Free-Soil Party
- stop spread of slavery
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Compromise of 1877
- EndedReconstruction, election of Hayes, military removed from South
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Compromise of 1850
-free CA, fugitive slave act strengthened
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Morrill Act
- $ for land grant colleges, agricultural/technical schools
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Homestead Act
-free farmland for those who move west, led to OklahomaLand Rush
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Wade-Davis
Bill-
Radical Repub. early plan for Recon. Doesn’t pass.
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Reconstruction
Act of 1867-
compromise plan, military districts in South
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Civil
Rights Act of 1866
- precursor to 14th Amendment, made blackcodes illegal
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Freedmen’s
Bureau-
Early reconstruction offices in the south to guarantee freed slaves’rights and basic necessities
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Anaconda Plan-N
N plan to choke S; Blockade ports,Control Miss river,Capture Richmond (capital)
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Ft. Sumter-
beginning of CW
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Gettysburg –
PA, farthest N the CSA advanced
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Vicksburg –
N control of Miss R
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Antietam
– Maryland.Bloody single day turning point
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San Jacinto-
sneak attack on Santa Anna, forces him to sign TXindep
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
—ended Mex.War, western land from Mexicoto the US.1/3 of country. Manifest Destiny completed
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