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61. “Free Soil” Movement
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The position of Lincoln and the Republican Party that only new territories would be free states, not the ones who already had it.
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62. Seneca Falls Convention
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Organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton after they were denied the right to participate at an abolitionist convention.
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62. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe which convinced many northerners and British people to oppose slavery.
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63. John Brown
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Tried to lead a slave revolt at Harper’s Ferry, but failed. His actions scared slave owners.
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64. Dred Scott Decision
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Ruled the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional b.c. slaves were property and could be taken anywhere in U.S.
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65. Emancipation Proclamation
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Freed slaves only in the rebel states and made the Civil War a fight over slavery.
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66. Jim Crow Laws
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Separated blacks and whites into different publics facilities in the South.
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67. Accommodation
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When blacks accepted a second class status (Jim Crow) in exchange for being hired by whites.
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68. Radical Republicans
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Supported keeping the military in the South after the Civil War in order to protect freedmen.
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69. 13 th Amendment
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Freed the slaves in the United States
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70. 14 th Amendment
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Overturned the Dred Scott decision and made blacks citizens
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71. 15 th Amendment
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All male citizens could vote regardless of race.
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72. Booker T. Washington
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Supported accommodation and wanted freedmen to be hired in factories to help solve the problem of poverty.
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73. Transcontinental Railroad
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Resulted in buffalo being killed and Indians in the west being moved to reservations.
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74. W.E.B. DuBois
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Supported high education for blacks and opposed vocational education.
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75. Ida Wells-Barnett
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Supported a campaign of anti-lynching and opposed “accommodation.”
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76. De Facto Segregation
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Separation of blacks and whites that evolves over time, but not required by law.
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77. De Jure Segregation
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Separation of blacks and whites which is required by law.
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78. Grandfather Clause
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Made sure poor whites could vote and were not affected by poll taxes or literacy tests.
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79. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
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Was supposed to limit the power of monopolies, but was not effective until the 1900s.
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80. Populist Party
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Formed in 1890s and supported free coinage of silver and regulating the railroad companies.
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81. Bimetallism
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Using silver and gold, not just gold, and was the main issue in the issue of 1896.
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82. Political Machines
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Were corrupt, but helped immigrants with jobs and support in exchange for votes.
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83. Granger Laws
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States took action to limit the amount that railroads could charge farmers to move their crops.
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84. Social Darwinism
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Was used to justify the cut-throat practices of business leaders.
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85. “Robber Barons”
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Nickname given to business leaders because many felt they were corrupt and controlled the government.
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86.Capitalism
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Economic system in which individuals and corporations use their property to make more profits.
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87. “Solid South”
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When governments were controlled by white Democrats until the 1960s.
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88. Tenant Farmers
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After the Civil War, blacks worked on a white man’s land and paid rent for it.
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89. Plessy v. Ferguson
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Upheld Jim Crow laws and said “separate but equal” facilities were OK.
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90. Compromise of 1877
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Democrats agreed to let the Republicans win President in exchange for the military leaving the South.
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