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Gettysburg, PA
Turning point of the Civil War. Confederacy invades the North
Two groups denied citizenship due to Dred Scott v. Sandford
Enslaved African Americans, Free Blacks
Reason for Missouri Compromise
Maintain equal balance of free and slave states
Compromise of 1850
California free state, Territories can decide for themselves, Fugitive Slave Law
Lincoln hated the-
spread of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that convinced Americans to become abolitionists and try to ban slavery
Memphis Massacre
occured because of a lack of protection for African Americans rights during the Reconstruction period.
The North Star
antislavery newspaper published by Fredrick Douglass
Lower South
Cotton Plantations, Cotton was king
Compromises about slavery
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
Effects of Emancipation Proclamation
-encouraged african slaves to fight -made union army stronger politically -focused on freedom for all
Abraham Lincoln
President of US issued emancipation proclamation
Philip Bazaar
naval seaman from Chili who received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War
William Carney
Member of 54 Mass. Regiment. 1st black to received medal of honor for attack on Fort Wagner
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General, commanded army of potomac
Battles fought in the North
Antietam, Gettysburg
