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US History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Popular Sovereignty | |
| Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln won, 7 states immediately seceded because they though Lincoln would ban slavery |
| Fort Sumter, South Carolina | the Confederacy took over Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, Lincoln ordered troops to put down the rebellion, and 4 more states secede from the Union |
| Habeas Corpus | the right to appear before a judge and know why you are being held and what crimes you committed |
| The Anaconda Plan | “strangle” the South, prevent Southern commerce and trade, and re-conquer the South – “preserve the Union” |
| Battle of Antietam, Maryland | Bloodiest battle in history, Union won which boosted morale, after this Lincoln presented the emancipation proclamation |
| Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | only battle in the Civil War fought on Northern soil, huge Union victory and turning point |
| Emancipation Proclamation | did not free slaves in border states, U.S. was no longer fighting a war to preserve the Union, now they were fighting a war to free the slaves |
| New York City Draft Riots | male citizens were subject to military duty, caused 3 days of looting on the East Side with 50,000 people involved in |
| Manifest Destiny | to expand from sea to sea |
| Louisiana Purchase | purchased for $15 million from France in a treaty made by President Jefferson and Napoleon |
| Florida | acquired by the Adams-Onis Treaty from Spain, negotiated by JQA under the Monroe presidency |
| Texas | Owned by Mexico, Americans settled the lands and declared their independence from Mexico, they created the Republic of Texas and joined as a state in 1845 |
| Gadsden Purchase | Purchased by the U.S. from Mexico for $10 million for railroad routes. |
| Oregon Territory | U.S. and Britain disputed over control, president James K. Polk ran under the slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!” |
| Missouri Compromise | Maine can enter as a free state; Missouri must enter as a slave state, later deemed unconstitutional |
| Compromise of 1850 | California enters as a free state; Mexican Cession decided by popular sovereignty |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories were to be decided by popular sovereignty |
| Bleeding Kansas | Pro-slavery supporters rushed to Kansas to cast a ballot, John Brown and his anti-slavery supporters (free soilers) also rushed to Kansas to cast a ballot, violence ensued |
| U.S. Senate Floor | Southern Congressman Preston Brooks attacked abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor, supporters of Brooks passed out replica canes to demonstrate their support for slavery |
| Harper’s Ferry, VA | John Brown breaks into a federal weapons arsenal, Goal: Arm slaves to incite rebellion, U.S. Marines storm the arsenal, capture Brown, he is put on trial, found guilty, and sentences to deal |
| Scott v. Sanford | Dred Scott is a slave, John Sanford is his owner, they live in Missouri, Sanford moves with Scott to Minnesota, Scott believes he is free of slavery and sues, Decision: Scott can’t sue – he’s property, not a citizen |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Allowed slave owners to recapture runaway slaves even in free states, upset the North and propelled the Civil War |
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