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- A last-ditch effort to resolve the secession crisis by compromise. It proposed to bar the government from intervening in the states' decision of slavery, to restore the Missouri Compromise, and to guarantee protection of slavery below the line. Lincoln rejected the proposal, causing the gateway to bloodshed to be open.
- A former confederate state could rejoin the union once it had written a nee state consitution elected a new state goverment, replealed its act of secession canceled its war debtd, and ratified the 13th amendment which abolished slavery
- While sitting in his box at Ford's Theater watching "Our American Cousin", President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
- Abolished slavery. First of three "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after Civil War (1865-70)
- issued by Lincoln: offered full pardon to Southerners who would take oath of allegiance to the Union and acknowledge emancipation
- 1. Citizenship for African Americans2. Repeal of 3/5 Compromise3. Denial of former confederate officials from holding national or state office4. Repudiate confederate debts
- the law offered 160 acres of land free for anyone who agreed to like on and improve the land for 5 years (companies got better land), promoted settlement of midwest
- Lincoln's "lenient" postwar plan to rebuild the nation by allowing "states in rebellion" to re-join the Union once 10% of residents who had voted in 1860 took oaths of future loyalty.
- Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.
- Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
- General Grant and Lee met in Appomattox Courthouse; surrender terms were generous; confederates could keep weapons and horses and would not be charged for treason
- goal was to defend themselves. Advantages: skilled military leaders, potential allies (France & GB), Southern Lifestyle (hunting/riding)
- The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
- A law issued by Lincoln freeing the slaves in the confederate states. This made the civil war a moral war to end slavery and allowed freed slaves to fight in the war.
- (1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War; supported the ideals of self-government and human rights
- 1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
- an 1864 plan for Reconstruction that denied the right to vote or hold office to anyone who had volunteered to fight for the Confederacy
- Helped African Americans adjust to freedom; helped to provide services, acquire land and find work for fair wages.
- during the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along there way.
- (1862) A military drawl that prevents foreign intervention on the side of the Confederacy. England and France rethink supporting them as a nation. After this battle, the war changed to one not just about secession, but one about slavery.