Final Cumulative History 8

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What was Lincoln's 10 percent plan?: The 10 percent plan is when 10 percent of the voters of a state had to swear loyalty to the Union, the state could form a new government and adopt a new constitution that had to ban slavery.
What was the Radical Republicans' Plan. (Wade-Davis Bill): The Wade-Davis Bill said that 50 percent of the white males in a state had to swear loyalty to the Union and a state constitutional convention could be held. only white males who swore they were never against the Union could vote for delegates for the constitutional convention. The convetion had to make a new state constitution banning slavery.
What was new president Johnson's Plan?: The "Restoration" plan said that most Southerners would be given amnesty if they swore an oath to the Union. High-ranking Confederate officials and wealthy landowners could only be pardoned by applying personally to the president.
What was the Reconstruction Act?: The First Reconstruction Act called for the creation of new governments in the 10 southern states that had not ratified the Fourteenth Amendment.
What was the Freedman's Bureau?: The Freedman's Bureau was a part of the army that worked solely on freeing enslaved people.
What is the 13th Amendment?: The thirteenth amendment abolished slavery in all parts of the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?: The Fourteenth Amendment grants full citizenship to all individuals born in the United States. It also says that no state could take away a citizen's life, liberty, and property "without due process of law," and that every citizen was entitled to "equal protection of the laws."
What is the 15th Amendment?: The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the state and federal governments from denying the right to vote to any male citizen because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What was the Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson about, and what did the court decide?: Plessy v. Ferguson: - It involved a Louisiana law requiring segregation on trains.
- The Supreme Court said that segregation was legal as long as African Americans had access to public accomodations and facilities equal to whites.
Lincoln's Assasination: Lincoln's Assasination:
by: John Wilkes Booth
at: Ford's Theatre
where: seat 16
why: Booth was an actor there and a Confederate sympathizer, so he shot Lincoln in the back of the head. Booth jumped from the balcony, broke his leg, and was sent to jail. (last part?)
black codes: laws aimed to control feed men and women to enable plantation owners to exploit African American workers. They couldn't own or rent farms. They also couldn't be found unemployed in some states or they would be arrested and forced to work for whites so they could "pay their fines."
Johnson's impeachment: He was impeached because he suspended Edwin Stanton without approval of the Senate. When Senate wouldn't approve, Johnson removed Stanton from office, which was a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. He also appointed some generals the Radicals opposed as commanders of Southern military districts.
Carpet baggers: Republicans that were leaders during Reconstruction.
Scalawags: Southern whites that supported Republican policy through out Reconstruction.
African Americans in politics: They could vote. They usually were for Republicans. They usually didn't control the government. Hiram Revels: African American Senator.
Blanche K. Bruce: ditto
Compromise of 1877: favored the south
(The new government) They would give more aid to the region and withdraw all remaining troops from the South. The Democrats would then promise to maintain African Americans' Rights.
KKK: Formed in 1876
white men that would put African Americans in there place, or so they believed. They would burn African Americans' homes, churches, and schools. They also commited murder. They tried to keep African Americans from voting.
Jim Crow laws: Laws that enforced segregation of races in Southern states.
Segregation: the separation of races
Reconstructon Era---> Civil Rights Movement of 1960's HOW??: The government tried to get Southern support with the Wade-Davis Bill, the Ten Percent Plan, and others. With so much support, it was easier to pass amendments to support the African Americans. The Freedman's Bureau helped free African Americans that were enslaved. The Black Codes aroused objections and debate which helped provoke the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
What are the 3 colonial regions?: New England: British colonies
Parliament, upper Americas

Southern: hand, manual labor,
agricultural, slaves, towards the South

Middle: towards the middle, bread basket, wheat, indigo, rice, bread
George Washington: Great general, 1st president, against political parties
Thomas Jefferson: wrote the Declaration of Independance, established the Democratic Republican party, made Louisiana Purchase
import: products coming in
export: products being shipped out
Declaration of Independance: Americas breaking away from Great Britain, becoming an independant nation
Branches of Government: Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Constitution: "We the people...", lays out a blueprint for the government
Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments to the Constitution. Many people wouldn't agree without a Bill of Rights.
1st Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Expression, and Freedom of Assembly.
Amendment 2: The right to bear arms.
Amendment 3: No quartering of soldiers. (unwillingly)
Amendment 4: No Unreasonable searches or seizures without a warrant
Amendment 5: No double jeapordy
Can't take away life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
No one has to be a witness against themselves
Right to an attorney
Amendment 6: Fair and speedy trial
Right to have witnesses
Amendment 7: Right to a trial by jury
Amendment 8: No cruel or unusual punishment
No excessive bail
Amendment 9: These rights shall not be denied or changed by the government or anyone else.
Amendment 10: Any rights not stated in the constitution are not forbidden.
Amendment 18: Liquor abolished
Amendment 19: woman's suffrage
Amendment 21: liquor abolishment repealed
Amendment 26: voting age set to 18
Political Parties: Democratic-Republicans: Thomas Jefferson

Federalist:
Alexander Hamilton
Louisiana Purchase: From who: Napolean Bonaparte
(the French)
Cost: 15 million dollars
Why: it was a good deal and they wanted access to foreign territory
Lewis and Clark: Brothers sent to explore the new land. They traveled and learned about geography and native people.
War of 1812: Between: USA and Britain
Winner: No one
Significant
Events: The Battle of New Orleans, Jackson a war hero
The Revolutionary War: Between: USA and Britain
Winner: USA
Significant
Events:
First Industrial Revolution: Changes in technology
inventions:
Eli Whitney: He invented the cotton gin.
Canals and Steamboats: Canals were man made waterways. Steamboats were more efficient boats that traveled faster and worked off of
Sectionalism: partiality of some particular place
Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory, great war general, once our president, war hero of the War of 1812, first president elected from the Democratic party, wanted the government to be more representative.
Indian Territory/ Trail of Tears: Cherokees forced to move from their homes to a specified territory in Oklahoma. It was a very cold, long, and difficult walk. Many people died. Andrew Jackson's wish.
Secede: what is it, why, who?: to secede is to break away. The South wanted to secede from the Union and become an independent nation, because of differences in opinions and beliefs.
Abolish: to get rid of
Oregon Country: A region that was claimed by United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Spain. France, Russia, and Spain removed their claims. Great Britain and the United States decieded upon the 49th parallel at a convention. Great Britain and the US had a joint occupation of the land west of the Rockies.
Reasons people moved West: To expand and grow. Manifest destiny.
North v. South: Characteristics: North: industrial, more advanced, larger population, crummy generals, fighting on home land.

South: Great generals, smaller population, less industry, more agriculture, fighting on foreign territory
Fredrick Douglas: An African American abolitionist. The editor for the North Star (an abolitionist paper).
Harriet Tubman: Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. She never lost anyone.
Underground Railroad: a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada. They would sometimes hide in other peoples' homes. Usually that of the Quakers.
Civil War: when, between who, surrender location, winner: when: 1861-1865

between who: the North and South

surrender location: the Appotamox Courthouse

winner: the North
Abraham Lincoln: accomplishments, Emancipation Proclamation: Emancipation Proclamation: all slaves within rebellious states shall be freed. African American men could join the army and Navy.
Gettysburg Address: Dedicated the battlesfeild to soldiers who died in Gettysburg
Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States of America.
Robert E. Lee: General of the South, a highly respected commander.
Ulysses S. Grant: 18th president of the US. Famous war General for the North.
Battle of Gettysburg: Union Victory the bloodiest battle of the war
Battle of Antietam: The bloodiest single day battle in American history. Union Victory.
Industrial Revolution of the Late 1800's Project Topics: ???Ask Mr. Stewart???
Thomas J. Jackson: Stonewall Jackson, just sat like a "Stone wall" (a general)

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