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Key Terms
Key Terms
Chapter 12:
Gold rush
Wilmot Proviso
Filibustering
King Cotton
Compromise of 1850
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Irish and German immigration
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Know-Nothings
Charles Sumner
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Harper’s Ferry
Election of 1860
Secession
Chapter 13:
Fort Sumter
Anaconda Plan
Border states
Contraband
George B. McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Dakota War
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antitietam
Battle of Gettysburg
Draft Riots
Sherman’s March
Election of 1864
Appomattox
Chapter 14:
13th Amendment
Andrew Johnson
Black codes
14th Amendment
Ulysses S. Grant
Black officeholders
Freedmen’s Bureau
Black churches & schools
American Equal Rights Association
15th Amendment
National Woman Suffrage Association
Ladies Memorial Association
Ku Klux Klan
Sharecropping
Compromise of 1877
Key Questions
Key Questions
What is the link between cotton and slavery?
What caused secession?
How did the goals of the Civil War change over time?
How did Reconstruction and the Civil War end slavery, alter relationships between the states and the federal government, and lead to debates over new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other minorities?
In what ways was Reconstruction effective? In what ways did it fail?
Additonal Resources
Additonal Resources
Podcast: We The People - The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Podcast: American History Tellers - Reconstruction Series (6 Episodes)
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