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New farming ideas
One approach was called dry farming. -
Fort sumter fired upon
Jefferson decided go demand the surrender of fort sumter -
Homestead act
For a 10 dollar registration fee an individual could file for a homestead. A tract of public land available for settlement. -
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Emancipation proclamation
Lincoln announced that all enslaved persons in states will be set free -
13th amendment
Banning slavery in the unites states, passes by the house of representatives -
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Battle of gettysburg
Lee attacked but the union troops held their ground. -
Freedmans bureau
The bureau was directed to feeding and clothing war refugees in the south using surplus army supplies -
Black codes
Black codes which seemed to be intended to keep african Americans in a condition similar to slavery -
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The birth of modern America
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13th ammedment ratified
Slavery banned in the U.S. -
Lincoln's assassination
Lincoln went to fords theater with his wife to see a play and was murdered after 10 pm -
Kkk
The Ku Klux klan was one of the largest confed who supported the republican governments. The kkk members terrorized blacks and African Americans. -
Indian peace commission
Creating 2 large reservations on the plains. One for the Sioux and another for native Americans. -
14th ammedment
Granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in tje U.S. and declared no state could deprive any persom life, liberty and property. -
15th ammedment
The right to vote. -
Political machine
An informal political group designed to gain and keep power -
Carpetbaggers
People arrived with their belongings in suitcases made of carpet fabric. -
Compromise of 1877
Republicans promised to pull federal troops out of the south, if hays was elected. -
Laissez-faire
A french phrase meaning let the people do as they choose. Supporters wanted the government to be hands off. -
Entrepreneurs
People who risk their capital to organize and run buisnesses. -
Horizontal integration
Combining firms in the same buisness into one large corporarion -
Dawes act
This act alloted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming -
Railroads spur growth
The transcontinental railroad was the first of many lines that began crisscrossing the nation.