Court case by formerly enslaved Scott who said that since he lived in free states with his owner

Republican Rutherford B Hayes and Democrat Samuel J Tilden. The decision of the winner came down to congress but no one knew which house should vote because the Senate was Republican and the House of Reps was Democratic. Congress created a Special Electoral Commission and votes went 8

Proposed by Senator Douglas (Illinois) and advocated popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska territories. Douglas wanted it to facilitate the building of the transcontinental railroad on a central route through Illinois

Third of the Force Acts. Threatened southern states with federal military action unless they stopped terrorizing blacks and denying them the right to vote.

Court ruled that Scott was the property of Sanford and

 the disenfranchisement of Confederate officials

 it required the abolition of slavery by new state constitutions

Federal laws by Charles Sumner that outlawed the KKK and anyone impeding the rights of anyone trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote. Aimed at protecting African American's right to vote in the southern states.

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

15. Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race

Passed by Congress on 9th April 1866 over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens

(1) California was admitted to the Union as a free state

 abolish slavery and uphold 13th amendment

(4) They created five military districts in the seceded states

Proposed by Pennsylvania Congressman David Wilmot in 1846

U.S. Supreme Court limited the powers of Congress with its finding that the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not pertain to actions involving private parties. Five similar discrimination cases had been grouped together. Discrimination in private parties couldn't be restricted.

Required the President to seek approval from the Senate before removing appointees. When Andrew Johnson removed his secretary of war in violation of the act

Secret Franklin Pierce administration proposal to purchase or to wrest militarily Cuba from Spain. Once leaked

The act required that slaves be returned to their owners

Bestseller revealing evils of slavery to Northern readers written Harriet Beecher. Written to expose Northerners to what Fugitive Slave Law was returning slaves to. Was one of the biggest contributors to the moral movement against slavery and the Civil War. It heightened Northern support for abolition and escalated the sectional conflict.

Unit 5 APUSH

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Unit 5 APUSH

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