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The Antebellum Era
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was president from 1829 to 1837. Jackson himself owned about 150 slaves. -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner, and American slave, led one of the most brutal rebellions in American slave history. -
Georgia Slave Rebellions
Georgia had the most slaves (about 462,000), so the state probably had the most slave rebellions. -
Supreme Court Case
Dred Scott was a slave who was sent back to the South after reaching freedom in the North. He sued and the Supreme court decided that the Congress couldn't forbid slavery in territories. The Supreme Court also decided that slaves were not and could not ever be citizens of the U.S.A., thus prohibiting them to suing again. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected
Abraham was the 16th president of the United Staes and played a very important role during the Civil War. -
Fort Sumter
The Confederates opened fire on the Unions who occupied Fort Sumter. The Union surrendered. -
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The Civil War Era
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Shiloh, Tennesee
A union army, led by Ulysses S. Grant, was travelling on the Tennesee River, when they were surprise-attacked by the Confederates. The Union won and there were 23,746 casualties. -
Virginia
Virginia had the most battles during the Civil war, reaching about 122. -
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
An important battlesite, where the Confederates (led by Robert E. Lee) was defeated for the second time. 46,286 people died in this battle (23,055 from the Union and 23,231 from the Confedereate side) -
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was one the most famous Confederate Generals from the Civil War. His surrender on April 9, 1865 at the Battle of Appomattox was basically the end of the war. -
Battle of Appomattox
General Lee, attempting to move South, was currently travelling West when the Confederates engaged in battle with a Union army. The Confederates had no other choice but to surrender. This battle was the end of the Civil War. -
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Reconstruction Era
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's Vice president, was elected president after Lincoln and was the first president during the Reconstruction Era. As Lincoln's successor, Johnson continued Lincoln's plans to make the United States a more unified country. He was later impeached. -
The Thirteenth Ammendment
The 13th Ammendment declared that slavery in the U.S.A. was illegal. -
The Ku Klux Klan
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The Fourteenth Ammendment
The 14th Ammendment was designed to protect the slaves from further harm. -
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Forrest served as a leader or "general" for the K.K.K. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th Amendment said that any man, despite his race or color, could vote. Women were still unable to vote until the 19th Amendment. -
Tennesse
Tennessee was one of the very last states to separate from the Union during the Reconstruction Era.
