Over 150 years ago, Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas held seven debates as they campaigned for a Senate seat in Illinois. The debates focused on the issue of slavery and its expansion into the territories. Douglas helped overturn the prohibition on slavery in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Referred to as popular sovereignty, citizens in Kansas and Nebraska, not the federal government, could determine whether slavery should be allowed to exist in these territories.
<span>WADE-DAVIS BILL 1. required citizens to take oath before readmission as a state
* Proposed by </span>Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio and Representative Henry Winter Davis<span> of Maryland.
</span><span>* Originally submitted in 1864 but was pockety vetoed by President Lincoln.
* Bill was reconstructed and resubmitted after Lincoln's assassination and was passed.
FORD'S THEATER 2. site of Lincoln's assassination
* Assassination happened on April 14, 1865 - Good Friday
* Our American Cousin was the play that the President went to watch.
JOHN WILKES BOOTH 3. assassinated President Lincoln
* He was a theater actor.
* He attempted to kidnap President Lincoln in March 1865 but failed.
* He was killed on April 26, 1865. 12 days after he assassinated the President.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 4. suspended by Lincoln
FREEDMEN'S BUREAU 5. helped blacks adjust to freedom
* Official name: Bureau of </span><span>Refugees, </span>Freedmen<span> and Abandoned Lands
</span>* E<span>stablished in 1865 by Congress.
* Purpose: to help former black slaves and poor whites in the South that was greatly affected by the U.S. Civil War
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OLIVER O. HOWARD 6. chief of Freedman's Bureau
ENFRANCHISEMENT 7. right of some to vote
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Answer:
Younger people were more likely to have kids at a young age, so the mortality rate was high
Explanation:
The byzantine empire lost Rome. Rome was claimed by the byzantines in the 6th century and in the 6th century was given to the papacy as the major seat and capitol of the papal state
Answer: Manifest destiny
Explanation: This means that it is our god given right to move west.
