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05 USH (06-09) (1848-1877)
Period 5. Westward Growth-Reconstruction
(8e,9a,b,c,d,e,f,10a,b,c,d,e,f)
I.
Territorial expansion leads to Compromise
Compromise of 1850 (1)-Henry Clay & Stephen Douglas (“Little Giant”) (1)
A.
1.
California-Free State (North)
2.
Popular sovereignty- New Mexico and Utah (1) (North & South)
3.
Texas paid $10 Million for claims on New Mexico (South)
4.
Abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC (North)
5.
Fugitive Slave Act (1) – Escaped slaves would be returned to owners
B.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1) (1854)-repealed the Missouri Compromise (1)
1.
“Popular sovereignty”- Kansas and Nebraska would vote on slavery issue
a.
Pro-Slavery people from Missouri voted illegally
1.
“Bleeding Kansas” (1) (2) -Civil war in Kansas
II.
Individuals leading to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
John Brown (1):
A.
1.
Radical abolitionist who hoped to start a slave rebellion
a.
Assaulted an arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia (1) (Seven killed, including 2/3 sons)
1.
Brown was convicted of treason against Virginia and hung.
2.
Brown became a martyr to abolitionists.
B.
Dred Scott (1) Court case (1857)
1.
Dred Scott, a slave was taken into free territory of Wisconsin before he returned to the slave state of
Missouri
a.
Sued for his freedom
III.
Key Events relating to the CAUSES of the Civil War
A.
Economic Disparities (1) between North and South (Population, Railroads, & Industry)
B.
Lincoln’s election: Abraham Lincoln (R) defeated Stephen Douglas (D) Final straw for South (1)
C.
South Carolina seceded in 1860 and formed the Confederate States of America (1)
1.
Jefferson Davis (1) (2) was elected the 1st and only President
IV.
Key Events relating to the COURSE of the Civil War (1861-1865)
A.
Fort Sumter (1) (2) (3) (4) South Carolina (April 12, 1861) (Confederate victory) (1st battle)
1.
Geography: Fort Sumter was located on an island in Charleston Harbor
B.
Bull Run (Confederate Victory) "Stonewall” Jackson (1) became a hero
C.
Antietam (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Maryland (September 1862) (1st major Union “victory”)
1.
General Robert E. Lee 's (1) (2) 1st invasion into the North. (Maryland)
2.
Geography: Battle was fought Antietam Creek outside Sharpsburg, Maryland
3.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation (1) (2)
a.
Freed slaves in rebelling states NOT border states (1)
D.
Vicksburg (1) (2) (3) (May 1863) Union victory-completed part of the Anaconda Plan
1.
Geography: Vicksburg was the last major Confederate fort on Mississippi River
2.
Ulysses S. Grant (1)- Promoted to lead the Union Army after Vicksburg
E.
Gettysburg (July 1863) (1) (2) (3) (4) Union victory and turning point in Civil War
1.
Geography: General Lee’s 2nd invasion of the North (Pennsylvania) (Hills)
2.
After the battle, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address (Audio) (1)
a.
Called for listeners to “Don’t forget…”
F.
Battle of Atlanta (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (September 1864) Union Victory
1.
Geography: Battle stretched from Chattanooga to Savannah
a.
General William T. Sherman (1) (2) (March to the Sea (1) (2)) (Total War)
G.
Politics
1.
Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus (1) (2) (New York Riots) (Copperheads (1) (2))
2.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1) (2) (1864 re-election speech)
a.
"With malice toward none..."
b.
Reconciliation (Forget and Forgive…)
H.
Robert E. Lee surrenders (April 9, 1865) at Appomattox Court House (1) (2)
V.
Key Events relating to the CONSEQUENCES of the Civil War
Presidential Reconstruction (Lincoln) (10% Plan) (Lenient)
A.
1.
V.P. Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) became president after Lincoln’s assassination
B.
Radical Reconstruction (Congressional) (Harsh) (50% Plan)
1.
Radical Republicans in Congress passed legislation over Johnson’s vetoes
a.
13th Amendment: Granted freedom to the slaves (1865)
b.
Freedmen’s Bureau-Government agency which assisted former slaves
1.
One important contribution: Morehouse College (Atlanta) (1867)
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05 USH (06-09) (1848-1877)
(8e,9a,b,c,d,e,f,10a,b,c,d,e,f)
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Period 5. Westward Growth-Reconstruction
Land redistribution: Sharecropping (1) & Tenant farming
2.
c.
14th Amendment (1868): African American citizenship (Dred Scott)
d.
15th Amendment: (1870): Granted African American men the right to vote
Andrew Johnson impeached (1) (2) (Lame Duck President) Radicals overturned his vetoes
1.
Johnson broke the Tenure of Office Act (Fired Sec. of War Edwin Stanton (1))
The Election of 1876 saw Rutherford B. Hayes ® defeat the Democrat Samuel Tilden
1.
The Compromise of 1877 allowed Hayes to win uncontested in a disputed election
a.
Federal troops were removed from the South and Reconstruction was ended.
Resistance to racial equality increased after Reconstruction ended in 1877.
1.
Literacy Tests (1) & Poll taxes (1) were used to keep ex-slaves from voting
2.
Black Codes (1) regulated the lives of African Americans after the Civil War
3.
The KKK (1) was formed by Confederate veterans in 1866
a.
Opposed Reconstruction & enforced Black Codes