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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, also titled Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her novel, published in 1852, “helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War”, so stated Will Kaufman. The book itself was written and sold in America, and was the second bestselling book of her century, following behind the Bible. In the time Uncle Tom’s cabin was written, slavery was very much so an issue and it was by Stowe’s book that helped the abolitionist cause in her time. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pictures used were taken from:
http://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw05_12059.html, http://chnm.gmu.edu/lostmuseum/lm/353/ Information taken in part from:
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 wad designed by Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illnois, and created the territories of both Kansas and Nebraska, which would open the land to settlement. The act also repealed the Missouri Compromise which then allowed settlers in the territories to decide whether they would allow slavery or not under popular sovereignty. The significane of the the act was that it "divided the nation and pointed it toward civil war" and also that it created such an.... -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
....issue that it split the Democratic and Whig parties and created the Republian party. Pictures used were taken from:
http://mediamatters.org/research/201003250039, http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom_9-12-warpowers-free.html Information taken in part from:
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Dred Scott decision
In 1853, enslaved african american Dred Scott sued for his freedom once again because he claimed that "his presence and residence in freed territories required his emancipation". On this second attempt it occured within the federal court system, and it was declared under the Missour Supreme Court that Scott was a slave and wouldn't be allowed freedom. The significans of this ruling was that because slaves were not protected by the constitution and were considered as private property they... -
Dred Scott decision
..couldn't be taken from their owners. And some effects of the deision was both the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. Pictures used were taken from:
http://northalc.wikispaces.com/Dred+Scott+Decision, http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/ Information taken in part from:
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Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was a presidential election, held on November 6th, 1860, and was one of the causes for the “outbreak” of the American Civil War. During this election that main issue was due to slavery (which by this time had divided the nation). The candidates who ran were: Abraham Lincoln (Republican), John C. Breakinridge (Constitutional Union) and Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat). And at this time, it was the Republican party who was most dominant in the North... -
Election of 1860
.....and they lead Abraham Lincoln to become President of the United States without any support from the South. Because of this outcome, it’s significance became that shortly after Lincoln came to into office, seven Southern states (beginning with South Carolina) responded to the new president by declaring secession. After the battle of Fort Sumter four additional states seceded. Information and pictures taken from:
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Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government created on February 4th, 1861 and ended on April of 1865. A total of 11 Southern Slave states of the United States (North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia) made the Confederacy due to their declaration of secession from the United States. The Union rejected the Confederate secession
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Confederate States of America
Pictures used were taken from:http://www.google.com/imgres?q=confederate+states+of+america&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1T4ACAW_enUS359US359&tbm=isch&tbnid=ksID9QJ2OWmrKM:&imgrefurl=http://www.banknotes.com/csa.htm&docid=MnxA2V5TbcBANM&w=341&h=217&ei=nPR_TsKFO-f50gHg8pTVDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1285&vpy=207&dur=331&hovh=173&hovw=272&tx=171&ty=75&page=1&tbnh=129&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0&biw=1600&bih=742,
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Confederate States of America
....they preceded to use their military to defeat the C.S.A. The significance of the C.S.A was that after The Union defeated them, they created many programs that started the Reconstruction period, and emancipated slaves. Information taken in part from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America Extra picture taken from: http://www.pennylicious.com/images/2006-09/confederate-bond.jpg -
Emancipation Proclamation
On September 22nd, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln announced that he would issue the formal document, the Emancipation Proclmation. The significance of the document was that it freed all slaves except in those were the Union had already gained control. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Pictures used were taken from:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almintr.html,
http://www.ushistory.org/us/34a.asp Information taken in part from:
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Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address was a speech that Abraham Lincoln delievered during the American Civil war on the afternoon of November 19th, 1863. And the significance of the event was that the president "envoked the principles of human equality" and defined the Civil war as a fight for "freedom" that would bring equality to all people, not just a fight for the Union itself. -
Gettysburg Address
Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Gettysburg.html, http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60798-d1488008-Reviews-The_Soldiers_National_Cemetery_at_Gettysburg-Gettysburg_Pennsylvania.html Information taken in part from:
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13th Amendment
Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=63966,
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=13th+amendment&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1T4ACAW_enUS359US359&tbm=isch&tbnid=7BDb07jEXIjSjM:&imgrefurl=http://riquetta.glogster.com/13th-Amendment-6189/&docid=W8yFbjT-zEInHM&w=295&h=340&ei=wPd_TvPhE7C30gGIvuUS&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=1&page=1&tbnh=125&tbnw=108&start=0&ndsp=44&ved=1t:429,r:21,s:0&tx=48&ty=-5&biw=1600&bih=742 Information taken in part from: -
13th Amendment
(explination of the amendment continued) The 13th amendment is one of three Reconstruction Amendments, and it's significance is that the amendment abolished all slavery, except for those in the boarder states. Information taken in part from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Additional picture taken from:
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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment of the United States Constution, passed by the House on April 8, 1864, eliminated slavery and to this day continues to prohibit slavery. The amendment itself states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. " and the second part states "Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen’s Bureau was a U.S federal agency that helped freed slaves from 1865-1869, which was during the period of Reconstruction in the South. The Bureau was created by the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, initially started by Abraham Lincoln. And at the end of the Civil War, the agency’s main cause provided emergency food, and medical aid to refugees. The significance of this event was that the Bureau not only helped educated formally enslaved people..... -
Freedman's Bureau
.....but also helped reunite families, and helped to find jobs. Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/freedmans-bureau.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedmen's_Bureau Information taken in part from:
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Appomattox Courthouse
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on April 9th, 1865, was the final fight of the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army. The significance of this event was that, on that very day surrender documents were signed, and three days later, on April 12th, a ceremony “marked” the disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia along with the parole of its men, which ended the American Civil War. -
Appomattox Courthouse
Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/Appomattox-Court-House.htm,http://civilwarss.com/2011/08/09/appomattox-courthouse-civil-war/ Information taken in part from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
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Lincoln's Assassination
On Good Friday, April 14th, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C, with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. The significance of this event was that, not only was Lincoln the first president to be assassinated, but his death was part of a bigger conspiracy which John Wilkes Booth and company “hoped would throw the Union government into disarray.” -
Lincoln's Assassination
Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/Library/newsletter.asp?ID=14&CRLI=91,
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=34&s=259&ai=52544&arch=y&ssd=4/15/2006 12:01:00 pm Information taken in part from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
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14th Amendment
14th Amendment, adopted on July 9th, 1868 to the United States Constitution had three parts: Citizenship clause, (provided a definition of citizenship that overturned the Dred Scott vs. Sandford ruling by the Supreme Court) Due Process clause, (“prohibited state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without certain steps being taken to ensure fairness.) and the Equal Protection clause.... -
14th Amendment
...(“requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction). The significance of this constitutional amendment gave African Americans more protection under the law, and a somewhat better sense of security. Pictures used were taken from:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.hml,
http://14thamendment.harpweek.com/ Information taken in part from:
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15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment ratified on February 3rd, 1870 “prohibits each government in the U.S from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizens race, color, or previous condition of servitude. This amendment is the third of the Remonstration Amendments. Also, its significance is that now the government could not deny a formally enslaved African American from voting, or anyone who wasn’t a white male that paid taxes. -
15th Amendment
Pictures used were taken from:
http://15thamendment.harpweek.com/,http://www.gop.com/index.php/issues/accomplishment/ Information taken in part from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Election of 1876
The candidates in the presidential election were Rutherford B. Hayes (A Republican), and Samuel J. Tiden (A Democrat). During the election, Tiden won over Hayes in the popular vote, and also had 184 electoral votes, verses Hayes’s 165. However there were 20 electoral votes that were in dispute, and said votes were later awarded to Rutherford Hayes.
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Election of 1876
....(also called the “corrupt bargain) that resolved the 20 uncounted electoral votes which were given to Hayes, earning him the title as the President of the United States of America. After the election, the Republicans agreed to take federal troops from the South, which ended the Reconstruction. The Compromise itself ceded the power in the Southern states. Both pictures and information taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
