A new birth of freedom - the Civil War + its aftermath Flashcards
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what made the North richer than the South
6x more factories
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the south economy based on
cotton and 4 million slaves
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
examples of people fighting against slavery in the north
The Liberator + National anti-slavery society
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
how many members of the National Anti - slavery society in 1838
250,000
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who are the people called that were against slavery in the north
abolitionists
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who ran the ‘Underground Railroad’ + who were they
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglaass
- escaped slaves
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the Clay Comprimise
1850
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the Clay Comprimise
california was free
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the Fugative Slave Act
return of runaway slaves from the North
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did the 1854 Kansas - Nebraska act allow
these states to choose thier position on slavery
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did Pres. Buchanan do
helped save plantations in Kansas- Nebraska
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did the Dred Scott case mean
blacks not US citizens
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the Dred Scott case
1857
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the republican party set up
1854
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who was the republican party set up for
factories and farmers who wanted land in the West
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who lead the republican party
Abraham Lincoln
Decent into Civil War
when did Lincoln win presidency
1860 election
Decent into Civil War
what did Lincoln promise when he won the election
free land to settlers in the West and to oppose expansion of slavery
Decent into Civil War
who first voted to secede from the union
South Carolina
Decent into Civil War
fwhen did south carolina vote to secede from the union
November 1860
Decent into Civil War
who formed the Confederacy
South Carolina + 6 other states
Decent into Civil War
who did the Confederacy choose as president
Jefferson Davis
Decent into Civil War
what did the Confederacy do in April 1861
attack Union - held Fort Sumter
Decent into Civil War
who did the border slave states join
confederacy / union
North to defend the Union
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
who were given labouring jobs + not allowed to fight
‘contrabands’ and free black volounteers
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
when were escaped slaves allowed to fight by union generals
1862
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
what was the new law in July 1862
any captured slave-holding land automatically free
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
in 1862 how many slaves freed on the Sea Islands
10,000
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
what were freed slaves on the Sea Islands made to do
set up own farms
African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War
where did Harriet Tubman become a nurse
Sea Islands
Total War 1863-5
what did Lincoln promise in Sept 1862
to free slaves unless Confederacy surrendered
Total War 1863-5
when did the first Black regiment form in the Union army
Autmn 1862
Total War 1863-5
what jobs were the first Black regiment in the Union army often given
heavy labour tasks
Total War 1863-5
when was the Emancipation Proclamation
1 Jan 1863
Total War 1863-5
what did the Emancipation Proclamation do
promised to free all slaves in the South
Total War 1863-5
what did Sherman do
freed many thousands on his March from Georgia to the Sea
Total War 1863-5
when was the Equal Pay Act
June 1864
Total War 1863-5
who was not included in the Equal Pay Act
black officers
Total War 1863-5
when was the New York riots
July 1863
Total War 1863-5
why was there riots in New York
why / reaction
Conscription Act forced all men 20-45 to join up
Working class whites angry at being forced to fight for African Am
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
when did congress pass the 13th Ammendment
January 1865
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
what did the 13th ammendment do
freeing all slaves
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
when was lincoln shot
not a date
less than a week after the Confederate surrender
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
who alloweed the Confederate states to rejoin the Union
Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
who was the Confederate left in the hands of after they rejoined
plantion owners who passed the Black Codes
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
when did the Congress set up a new reconstruction plan
Feb 1866
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
what was the new reconstruction plan in 1866
Freemans bureau permanent, Civil Rights bill, 14th Ammendment
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
what was the 14th ammendment
citezenship regardless of colour
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
describe the controll of Confedarate states
radicall
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
2 ways of radical controll in the Confederate states
army enforced black rights, 5 millitary districts
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
when was the 15th ammendment
Feb 1870
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
how many blacks in political posts by 1870
2000
Reconstruction loses its way
when was the election of Ulysses Grant
1868
Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)
what was the 15th ammendment
all citizens have the right to vote
Reconstruction loses its way
what happened at the start of Ulysses Grant election
progress stalled-resistance to federal interference + northern ‘carpetbaggers’
Reconstruction loses its way
who lost majority in congress 1874
republicans
Reconstruction loses its way
who intimidated voters in elections 1870s
power of KKK and White League
Reconstruction loses its way
what where the govt other priorities
widening frontier + wars with NAs , economic difficulties so lack of funds, fear of interfering within states
Reconstruction loses its way
how did the Supreme Court allow blacks to be treated unequally in 1873
segregation
Reconstruction loses its way
when did the supreme corut say federal govt couldnt protect blacks
1875
Reconstruction loses its way
hpow where the federal govt going to protect blacks in 1875
intervene within states
Reconstruction loses its way
when were the last troops removed from the south
1877
