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Mississippi History
History Exam Review Sheet #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trail of Tears | a trail that Indians followed when they were forced out of the state |
| Antebellum | anything in MS that occurred before the Civil War |
| Jefferson College | first college in MS |
| Jackson's military road | a road from Nashville to New Orleans that Jackson made while going to fight the British in new Orleans |
| 3 Chopped Way | a road through the southwest from Natchez to AL est. in 1807 |
| Indian land cessions | 5 treaties from 1801-1832 when the Indians ceded their land in MS: treaty of fort adams (1801), treaty of mount dexter (1805), Treaty of 1816, Treaty of Doak's Stand (1820), Treaty of Pontotoc (1832) |
| Thomas Hinds | politician in MS; major cavalry in war of 1812; named Hinds county after him |
| King Cotton | nickname for cotton since it was such a mojor cash crop in MS |
| french: 1st to settle, Spanish: 1st to explore, British: came later & took land | early exploration |
| Lefleur's bluff | capital of MS, later the name was changed to Jackson |
| N.B. Forrest | Confederate general; KKK founder; Wizard of the Saddle, true rebel |
| Lamar | wrote MS Declaration of Secession |
| War of 1812 | US vs England; in MS area mostly US vs Creek Indians |
| slavery in MS | harsh, cruel captivity of black ppl and forcing them to work and be sold as property |
| French Black Codes | passed by Bienville in 1724, protected slaves |
| overseer | ran plantation |
| slave driver | in charge of a certain team of slaves , helped overseer |
| abolitionist | a person who helped slaves and was against slavery |
| Uncle Toms Cabin | book written by abolitionist Harriette Beecher Stowe to convince people that slavery was wrong and to inform people how slavery really was |
| specie | hard money like gold or silver that backed up paper money |
| MS Black Codes | kept slaves in MS in line |
| Waverly | one large plantation in MS |
| Franklin Academy | first free public school; in Columbus, built in 1821 |
| John Brown | led an unsuccessful slave revolt |
| Missouri Compromise | Maine was admitted into the Union as a free state and Missouri was admitted in as a slave state |
| Compromise of 1850 | California was admitted into the Union as a free state and all the other land in that area was allowed popular sovereignty |
| Quitman | MS governor; fireater; FOR secession |
| Montgomery | 1st capital of the Confederacy |
| Garrison | wrote the Liberator (abolitionist) |
| Republican party | against slavery; formed in 1850 |
| Abe Lincoln | 16th president of the US; republican |
| necessary evil, ordained in the Bible, and states rights | name the 3 defenses for slavery |
| Shiloh | battle fought in TN; bloodiest battle fought on American soil |
| Jan. 9,1861 | date MS seceded from Union (2nd state after S.C. to do so) |
| Vicksburg | battle fought in Vicksburg; last stronghold for Conf. on MS River |
| A.S Johnston | Conf. Gen who died day 1 of Shiloh |
| blockade south, split Confederacy and take MS River, and take Richmond | 3 steps to Anaconda plan |
| Pemberton | conf. general at Vicksburg |
| J. Johnston | conf. general at Canton who never met up with pemberton |
| Beauregard | Conf general who took over for AS Johnston at Shiloh |
| Buell | Union general who came down from memphis late to Shiloh with 40,000 men |
| Hornet's Nest | sunken road that Conf had to cross- after 6 hours of fighting they finally made it through |
| Pittsburg Landing | a landing where the Union was set up near Shiloh |
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