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Molly'sCivil War
Molly'sCivil War notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Fugitive slave Law | A runaway slave had no rights, Anyone who helped a runaway slave would be jailed 1850 |
| what is uncle toms cabin | a book that tells the horrers of slavery. By Harriet beecher stowe. She met with Abe Lincon |
| Who is General grant | Commander of u.s. army. March 1864 |
| what is the battle between the monitor and the merrimac | 1862 march 9, |
| what is the dredd scott case | Dred scott freed. he went back to missouri. They said he was a slave and he took the matter to court. they said he had no rights, being a escaped black slave. he was a slave again! he died less than a year after of sickness |
| 1860 | Abe lincon elected president of the u.s |
| what were soldiers uniforms like | north blue, south gray. jackets, hats, but they pretty much wore anything they could find |
| 1830- 1840 | under ground railroad started, abolitionists gained ground, william garreson starts an anti- slavery paper called the Liberater. slave owners are ticked off |
| what is bleeding kansas 1856 | john brown and sons dragged pro slavers from there houses and killed them.very anti slavery. tired of nothing being done about slavery |
| what did women wear in the war | small waist corset, large hoop skirts, hair curled and pinned up, beautiful dresses, there goal was little waist, big base |
| what did men wear | beards, hats, jackets short in front, long in back, corsage |
| what is the first battle of bull run | july 21, 1861. first battle of manasses or bull run. was the first major battle.north lost. people know they are in war. second bull run battle august 29-30. south wins again |
| who is walt wittman | amazing poet. loves nature. believies he could be one with nature |
| what are some factors of the war | states rights vs government control. free vs slave. money, land, power. |
| what was music like in the war | union anthem and a hymn for the republic. dixies land the song for the confederates it is happy and joyful |
| who was Clara Barton | 1765- 1825. she pulled soldiers away from battle to heal them. she started the organization the Red Cross. she was very brave |
| who was Mathew Brady | really into photography. used pictures to tel stories. died poor and alone. really brave. first to take pictures of the war |
| who was Eli Whiteny | he invented the cotton gin. grew up in MA. 1765-1825. thought it would reduce the need for slaves. |
| who was frederick douglas | he wrote a book about his life.was a slave. friends with lincon. went around and gave speaches. |
| who was Harriet Beacher Stowe | 1811-1896. wrote uncle toms cabin. was an abolitionist |
| who was john Brown | born in Conneticut. was a militant abolitionists. part of bloody kansas.all his sons were killed during it. after it he was hanged. two wives 20 children total |
| who was Mary Todd Lincon | lincons wife. born in kentucky. wanted only to mary a president. very bdramatic and spoiled. spent SO much money on fancy things. Abe loved her and helped her. he got her a ring specialy engraved on it saying'' love is Eternal" |
| who was Elizabeth Keckly | born in slavery. became free. was a great dressmaker. lived with mary todd and was her dress maker. she moved out and was poor, no one believed she made fancy dresses. in the end she wrote a book about herself and her life |
| who was Louisa May Alcott | wrote a book about what women did in the war called little women. everyone loved it. |
| September 1864 | union occupies Atlanta. led by General Sherman. November 1864 . Sherman marches to the sea and destroys everything in his path:trees, houses, people,railroads. |
| April 14, 1865. | lincon is shot and killed at Fords theatre, by John Wilks Booth |
| Who was Robert E. Lee | commander of confederate army |
| november 1864 | lincon re- elected president |
| what was the Emancipation Proclamation | freed all the slaves in the north |
| what was the battle of Vicksburg | north get control of the mississippi |
| what is the anaconda plan | a plan to squeeze the south together by land and sea |
| who is mary Elizabeth | 1840- unknown. was a slave, spy, freed and went to school, married a free black quaker who was very wealthy. spied in the Davies houshold |
| who was nat turner | 1831 led a slave rebellion august 21, virginia. that killed at least 50 whites and 200 blacks |
| what was the battle of gettysburg | three straight days of the bloodiest battle. never another battle in the north |
| what is the compromise of 1850 | CA enters as a free state. new mexico and utah would be open to slavery through most popular sovereighty. ends slave trade in D.C |
| may 21, 1861 | Richmond Virginia Choses as confederate battle |
| what is the missouri compromise | Missouri was a slave state Maine was a free state new line was made |
| April 1861 | south takes fort sumter |
| april 9 1865 | lee surrenders to grant at the Apma Hox court house in Richmond virginia |
| what is the kansas nebraska act | Nebraska turned to popular sovereighty along with Utah. steven douglas wants to build a railroad to CA. blacks and whites living in towns next to each other |
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