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APUSH Unit 5 (2nd)
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Second American Revolution | civil war is called this because it removed the economic system of slavery. "Revolutionary change", but not big change in social, economic, or political (slavery turned into sharecropping) |
| Jefferson Davis | first and only president of the Confederate states of america, democrat, hero of M-A War |
| Alexander H. Stephens | served as vice president of Confederacy "this government is like no other government in the world" |
| Anaconda Plan | military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. strangle the Confederacy, take out Mississippi, cut off the coast |
| General Stonewall Jackson | 1862 until 1863, he and his troops played key roles at the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville. |
| George B. McClellan | a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War. “Young Napoleon”. Fired from being a general for not trying to get south to surrender after Gettysburg but ran for presidency but lost |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who led the South's attempt at secession during the Civil War |
| Ulysses S. Grant | led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery. |
| Trent Affair | Confederates were on the British battleship, Trent, to convince GB and France to support them in the war. British get angry bc felt as though they were being attacked bc they were neutral. GB and France remain neutral bc they already abolished slavery. |
| Cotton Diplomacy | refers to the diplomatic methods used by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to coerce Great Britain and France to support the Confederate war effort by implementing a cotton trade embargo against Britain and the rest of Europe. |
| Gettysburg | showed Lee's aggressivness. 50,000 casualties. Lincolns Gettysburg Address. |
| Sherman's Walk to the Sea | "Total war", destroy everything in their path. Purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. |
| Appomattox | Gen lee surrendered to grant at this courthouse |
| Suspension of Habeas Corpus | due-process rights are eliminated. You do not need to end up in civilian court or be charged. |
| Confiscation Acts | solider can confiscate anything. (Slaves, property, equipement) Under Union possession |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Jan 1, 1863, only freed slaves in rebel states. Not full emancipation |
| Massachusetts 54th Reigment | one of the all african-american regiments in Massachusetts. Fought in the war |
| Copperheads | Northern democrats who were opposed to the war. Wanted to end the war. Backed McClellan and did not want drafts |
| Ex Parte Milligan (SC case) | argues that if there are civilian courts, then civilians should not be tried in military courts. Habeas Corpus should not be suspended during war |
| NYC draft riots | Working class in the NY did not want to fight in the war --> riots. Fear of economic stabiliy |
| Election of 1864 | Lincoln wins this election |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln made this address after Gettysburg battle lives lost should not have gone in vain. |
| Greenbacks | (flimsy) paper money dyed green. Printed to finance the war, but easily leads to inflation without it being backed up by gold. |
| Morrill Tariff Act- 1861 | tariff on foreign products |
| Homestead Act-1862 | 150 acres of land to go west |
| Morrill Land Grant Act-1862 | give federal land to railroad government in order to build transcontinental railroad. Also gave land to many colleges for agricultural colleges |
| Pacific Railway Act-1862 | offered government incentives to assist “men of talent, men of character, men who are willing to invest” in developing the nation's first transcontinental rail line. |
| Andrew Johnson | assassination of Lincoln --> Johnson (democrat) steps up as president. Really is opposed to any real equality. Reconstruction: harsher on southern states, franchised some confederate leaders. |
| Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction | Lincoln sought this. Loyalty oath & accept emancipation of slaves |
| Wade-Davis Bill | Radical Republican reconstruction plan. Required 50% of the states voters to take oaths of allegiance and demanded stronger safeguards for emancipation |
| Freedmen’s Bureau | build education for former slaves to help them find jobs. Not very funded & ended very quickly. Funding ended 1872 |
| Radical Republicans | republicans who were for extreme measures to bring about equality and help black people do everything they can to bring black people into society |
| 13th Amendment | passed 1865. Abolished slavery |
| Civil Rights Act of 1866 | tried to guarantee equality and rights for former slaves |
| 14th Amendment | citizenship amendment. claims all people regardless of slavery and race are entitled to be citizens. Equal protection clause |
| Reconstruction Acts of 1867 | forming military districts. When Union forces will remain in south for some time to moniter |
| Tenure of Office Act | law forbidding the president to remove civil officers without senatorial consent |
| 15th Amendment | 1870, amendment to secure voting rights for black men Led to rise of KKK |
| Civil Rights Act of 1875 | trying to place equal protection of rights |
| Scalawags | southerners accused of plundering southern treasuries and selling out the south (selling them out to the government or north) - Taking advantage of the weak south - Sympathizes with the north |
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners accused of parasitically gaining power and profit at the expense of the south Brought their strength and wealth to take advantage of the south |
| Grant’s corruption/Panic of 1873 | experience economic downturn. Corrupt politicians steal money and Grant ends up in the middle |
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