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was established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

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Southern Democratic politicians who sought to wrest control from Republican regimes in the South after Reconstruction

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After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South.

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abolished slavery

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A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.

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Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves

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A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg

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Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south

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A military draft

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Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free

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the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races

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the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

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Ended Reconstruction. Republicans promise 1) Remove military from South, 2) Appoint Democrat to cabinet (David Key postmaster general), 3) Federal money for railroad construction and levees on Mississippi river

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Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude

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Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

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A large battle in the American Civil War, took place in southern Pennsylvania from July 1 to July 3, 1863. The battle is named after the town on the battlefield.

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A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War

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1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years

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A battle near a sluggish little creek, it proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History with over 26,000 lives lost in that single day.