Freedom in 1865 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Missouri Compromise year
Missouri Compromise year
1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act year
Kansas-Nebraska Act year
1854
Popular sovereignty meaning
Popular sovereignty meaning
Letting people decide on slavery in new territories
Republican Party formed year & purpose
Republican Party formed year & purpose
1854 to oppose new slave states in west
Lincoln elected president year
Lincoln elected president year
1860
Number of states that seceded
Number of states that seceded
11 states
Black Americans in Union forces total
Black Americans in Union forces total
Over 300,000
13th Amendment year & effect
13th Amendment year & effect
1865 - abolished slavery throughout USA
14th Amendment year & effect
14th Amendment year & effect
1868 - granted equal protection under law
Sharecropping system
Sharecropping system
Workers paid rent to landowner with share of crop produced