Vocab 2 - American History - J. Davis

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  1. 3. A politician who's running for office in a region they do not live in.
  2. 6. A battle remembered as the “single bloodiest day in American history,” due to it being the bloodiest battle in a single day.
  3. 8. Party A political party focused on stopping the expansion of slavery into the west.
  4. 9. Brown An abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry, with the goal of arming black people.
  5. 10. Proclamation The act that ended slavery in the US
  6. 12. Scott A slave who moved with his master from a slave state, to a free state, arguing that he should now be free. The supreme court ruled against him.
  7. 16. Bureau A reconstruction bureau made to provide food, medical aid, and housing to freed slaves.
  8. 17. The movement pushing for the end of slavery.
  9. 19. Dix A woman who expanded the medical field by advocating for mentally ill and indigenous populations.
  10. 22. Slave Act A strict set of rules saying that fugitive slaves mst be reported and returned to their masters.
  11. 23. Amendment Allows all people to vote regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ect.
  12. 25. of 1850 A compromise that made a line that made all states below it slave states and all states above it, except for Missouri.
  13. 27. of 1877 A compromise that removed military from former confederate states, appointed one southern democrat to the president’s cabinet, allowed a transcontinental railroad to be built through Texas and the South, legislated the industrialization of the south, and gave southern states the right to legislate around black people, however they wanted.
  14. 28. Codes Laws written to restrict the rights of the black community.
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  1. 1. of Bull Run First major land battle of the civil war.
  2. 2. Davis The first and last president of the Confederate States of America.
  3. 3. The organization fighting to preserve slavery.
  4. 4. Young US religious leader and politician who served as the first senator of Utah.
  5. 5. Barton A self taught nurse who served in the civil war, treated wounded soldiers, and founded the Red Cross.
  6. 7. Plan The Union’s plan to win the civil war; Surround, Restrict, and Seize the capital
  7. 11. A group who wanted IMMEDIATE peace and settlement for the confederacy, AKA peace democrats.
  8. 13. Tubman An escaped slave who helped other slaves escape via the Underground Railroad.
  9. 14. Doctrine A document stating that a state can decide on whether or not to allow slavery based on popular sovereignty.
  10. 15. Reconstruction Plan A plan to reunite the United States by dividing the south into five military districts.
  11. 18. Lincoln The 26th president who signed to abolish slavery.
  12. 20. The pre-civil war era.
  13. 21. To add one territory into another.
  14. 24. Douglas An escaped slave who promoted abolitionism, social reform, and civil rights for black people.
  15. 25. of Domesticity The idea that a woman’s place is in the home, NOT in the workplace.
  16. 26. Amendment A constitutional amendment that guarantees equal protection and due process.