US History Unit 5 Study Guide Vocab

the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union

citizens vote on issues that affect them (not gov't)

amendment proposed by Lincoln that abolished slavery

made "all persons born and naturalized in the US" citizens

states that had no one can be restricted from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"

territory that became a violent battlefield in the civil war

people from Missouri who crossed into Kansas with revolvers and voted illegally

the favoring of Native-born Americans over immigrants

one who opposed the extension of slavery into the territories

confederate states of america that were formed by secessionist state delegates

period during which the US began to rebuild during the Civil War

assisted former slaves and poor whites in the South by distributing clothing and food

A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners

A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War trying to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states

Farmer who works land owned by another and is required to give the landowner a set percentage of the harvest; what many former slaves became after the Civil War

Local self-government

property that can be held by an opposing nation during a time of war

A northern American politician who developed The Great Compromise

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading the unsuccessful Harper's Ferry Raid

Abolitionist senator whose verbal attack on the South provoked a physical assault that severely injured him

Owner of the New York Tribune who founded the Republican Party

President of the US who was in power during the secession of Southern states. Passed the 13th Amendment and began the Reconstruction after the Civil War

American slave who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the MO Compromise; court ruling declared the MO Compromise to be unconstitutional

chief justice of the supreme court who wrote an opinion in the 1857 Dred Scott case that declared the Missouri compromise unconstitutional

President who seceded Lincoln after his assassination. Continued Lincoln's Reconstruction but was eventually tried to impeachment due to his lack of progress

American general and the eighteenth President of the United States; was the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

Author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Freeport Doctrine, argues in favor of popular sovereignty

Radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South; leader of the Radical Republicans in Congress.