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Civil Warr
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Missouri Compromise of 1820 | -Missouri joins as slave state. Maine joins as free state. 36'30 parallel:below=slavery; above=no slavery. balance of pwr remains the same with 12 free and 12 slave states |
| Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion | -led slave rebellion in VA. <50 ppl killed. slaves can't read/write. more laws were passed for slaves. |
| Compromise of 1850 (North) | -CA joins Union as a free state. Slave trade in washington, D.C. would be abolished. you could have a slave but can't trade one. |
| Compromise of 1850 (South) | -New Mexico and Utah-terriotories open to slavery. Strong Fugitive Slave law to please slave holders |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | -Popular sovereignty established. ppl decided whether or not thier state would be a slave state or free state. NA is free. KA is slave. northerners hurried into territory, intent to create an antislavery majority. |
| Violence in the Senate 1856 | -Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane b/c Sumner singled his Brooks cousin out for forcing Kansas into the ranks of slave states. South thought he was a hero and gave him new canes. |
| Violence in the Senate 1856 | -Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane. South though he was a hero and gave him new canes. |
| Dred Scott Case 1857 | Scott sued for his freedom b/c he thought he was a free man living in free territory. Supreme Court said he was considered property; does not have rights. cannot become a citizen. unconstitutional.. the fact that he was in a slave-free territory meant not |
| John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry | planned to seize the fereral arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA. lead slaves to rebell. put weapons in slaves hands. He was captured, tried for treason, hanged. some saw him as hero. others saw him as crazy. inspired other abolitionits. |
| Election of 1860 | Lincoln's election. He was an abolistionist. South saw this as a threat b/c they thought he was going to take away thier rights regarding slavery. Lincoln vower to defend the constitution by keeping the nation together. war started |
| Session | Lincoln was questioned on his support of a compromise on slavery; no extension of slavery. Delegates at state convention in S.C. voted in favor of Secession. |
| Jefferson Davis | South Pres't. called southern states to return to confederacy. |
| Fort Sumter | South attacked declaring war |
| Causes of the Civil War | -disagreement over the poltics of slavery. Kansas-Nebraska Act parked violence in Kansas. Dred Scott ruling voided any limititations on expansion. John Brown's raid. South States seceeded. Fort Sumter |
| Effects of the Civil War | slavery was outlawed. South rebuilt thier economy. African Americans gained citzenship and voting rights. Cicil Rights laws were passed. |
| 13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S. and declared that no state could deprive any person of life, liberty, or property |
| 15th Amendment | declared the right to vote shall not be denied to anyone |
| Battle of Antitam (1862) | in Sharpsburg,MD. North won, South retreated. McClellan replaced by Burnside. South lost chance for international support. Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation. |
| Battle of Gettysburg (1863) | North won. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. South went on the defensive. |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Union could capture Vicksburg, Mississppi abnd cut the South in two. Grant was able to drive the Confederates back, but not win the battle. he put the city under siege until the confederate commander surrendered, |
| John Wilkes Boothe | April 14, 1865 killed Lincoln at Ford's Theater |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Seized control of Cumberland and Teenessee Rivers to close southern ports and block the rail line. |
| Robert E. Lee | resigned from the US army to join the confederacy b/c it was his birth place |
| 1st Battle of Bull Run (1861) | VA. South won. showed both sides needed training and it was going to be a long and bloody war |
| Abolition | the immediate ending of slavery |
| Emancipation Proclamaiton (1863) | a decree freeing all enslaved ppl in states still in rebellion-----did not address slaves in border states. |
| Harriet Tubman | an escaped slave. helped over 300 slaves escape on the undergroung RR. called "moses" of her time. worked as cook, nurse, and spy for the Union Army |
| Abraham Lincoln | Unio Pres't. committed to not interfere with slavery. did not threaten to attack seceded states |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | gave citizenship to all persons born in US (except Native Americans) guaranteed rights of African Americans to own property and to be treated equally in Ct. right to sue ppl who violated these rights |
| Ku Klux Klan | organized secret societies that were to undermine the Repblican rule. used intimidation tactics against African Americans/ white Republicans, and others who suppoerted Republican gov't. |
| Sherman's March to the Sea | Sherman led his troops east accross Georgia to attack Atlanta. Purpose was to make Southerners understand the horrors of war and give up the struggle. burned nearly everything infront of them. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | a slaveholder/slavecatcher had only yo point out alleged runaways to have them taken into custody. required federal marshalls to assist slavecatchers. |
| Carpetbagger | Northern newcomers that come to the South with Carpet suit cases |
| Attempt to deny African Americans the Right to Vote | |
| Underground RR. | series of secret routes to help slaves escape from south. 50,00-75,00 slaves escaped b/t 1830-1860 |
| Feedman's Bureau | Fed/clothe war refuges, helped freedmen find work, negotiate pay and hrs. worked on plantation. provided schools |
| Anaconda Plan (Union's Plan) | Naval Blockade of South Ports. Capture Confederate Capitals--Richmond. seiz control of Mississippi R. Cit off flow of supplies |
| Amnesty | a parden to all Southerners' who took an oath of loyalty to US and accespted the Unions proclamation concerning slavery. |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding the South after Civil War |
| Goals of Radical Republicans | prevent confederate leaders from regaining pwr. wanted republican party powerful in South. wanted the federal gov't to held A.A achieve political equality by guaranteeing them the right to vote in the South |
| Andrew Johnson | Vice Prs't. agreed w/ Lincoln that a moderate policy was needed to bring the South back to the Union. |
| Economy in the North | 22 million people. 92% of nations industrial resources. 22, 000mi od RR track. possession of the US navy and Merchant Marine Fleet. favored high tariffs. |
| Economy in South | Federal Gov't had great arsenals and military bases. based on agriculture. suppoted by slave labor. wanted cheap inports. |
| War Innovations | rifles fired bullets more accuratly. used trenches and barracades to protect. gunpowder. new methods of attack |
| Confederate War Strategy | fight deffensive war of attrition (attack and retreat) make war unpopular in North. trade with Europe for supplies |
| Condition of Surrender | Lee surrendered ar Appomattox CThouse 1865. Guaranteed US not prosecute confederate soldiers for treason. war saved Union--strenghtened pwer of fed. gov't over states. ended slavery. south's society/economy decreased |
| Massachusetts 54th | one of the first African American Civil War Regiments. enlisted former claves and free blacks. paid less than whites but still determined. proved to be a strong force against Confederate troops. |
| Black Codes | limiting the rights of African Americans in the South |
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