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Mississippi History
History Exam Review Sheet #3
Term | Definition |
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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 |