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APUSH Vocab Unit 6

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Ulysses S. Grant
managed the Union Army with Sherman, scored a major victory at Vicksburg which gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
William Seward
Lincoln's Secretary of State who wanted to provoke Great Britain into war to bring the country together, was an imperialist, and was influential in the acquisition of Alaska
Homestead Act of 1862
with the South out of Congress, this act allowed any citizen or alien over 21 160 acres of land in the public domain if they paid a small registration fee and also occupied the land and improved it
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln announced that of January 1, 1863, all slaves living in the U.S. in rebellion are free
Freedmen
term used to describe ex-slaves; there was generally no advancement for ex-slaves politically or economically in the South
Ten-Percent Plan
Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction that stated when 10 % of the Southern population pledged loyalty and abolition of slavery, a new state government would be carried out
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the U.S. January of 1865
Black Codes
black marriage legalized (interracial marriages prohibited); blacks could buy, sell, and transfer property, testify in court. Blacks had to sign work contracts and be fulfilled or wouldn't be paid. These codes set up a separate system for blacks and varied by state
Scalawag
white southerners who cooperated with the Radical Republicans of the North
Carpetbaggers
northern Republicans who moved to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction efforts
15th Amendment
forbade any state to deny citizens the right to vote based on color or previous condition of servitude
KKK
anti black and Catholic organization that used fear tactics to suppress black voters and their leaders
Dawes Act of 1887
bill that divided Indian reservations into individual family farms in an attempt to integrate Indians into mainstream American culture
Battle of Wounded Knee
the final battle between the Sioux and Native white Americans that led to Indian relocation
Frederick Jackson Turner
his frontier thesis stated that the west made pioneers from the east individualistic, egalitarian, and idealistic because the frontier made people rely on themselves. Democratic ideals of the west also spread to the east as U.S. expansion continued
Munn v. Illinois (1877)
Supreme Court ruled on behalf of the public interest and allowed the state of Illinois to set rates on grain storage elevators
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