Chapter 11

Question 1

Robert E Lee

Answer 1

1807-1870 Confederate general and commander of the Army in Northern Virginia during the Civil War. After surrendering at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, Lee urged reconciliation with the North

Question 2

Confederacy

Answer 2

Alliance of southern states that seceded from the Union over slavery

Question 3

George B McClellan

Answer 3

1826-1885 Union General who failed to press his advantage at the Battle of Antietam, and was later relieved of his command by President Lincoln

Question 4

Antietam

Answer 4

A severe Civil War battle that took place on September 17, 1862. It was the bloodiest day in American history. After the battle Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 5

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 5

Presidential order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed slaves in the areas of insurrection.

Question 6

Secession

Answer 6

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation

Question 7

Faction

Answer 7

A group of individuals who share the same specific political agenda

Question 8

Factionalism

Answer 8

When a city-state or nation has multiple factions that compete against each other. Madison felt that an extended republic would prevent factionalism from leading to tyranny because no faction could be large enough to dominate

Question 9

Sectionalism

Answer 9

Factionalism on a larger, more regional scale, with fewer but larger factions. Sectionalism during the 1800s over the slavery issue nullified the benefits of Madison’s extended republic and led to the Civil War

Question 10

Missouri Compromise

Answer 10

1820 agreement between slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States that regulated slavery in western territories, prohibiting slavery above the border of Arkansas (except Missouri) and permitting it south of that border

Question 11

Stephen A Douglas

Answer 11

1813-1861 An Illinois statesman who ran against Lincoln, Bell and Breckinridge in the 1860 Presidential election on a popular sovereignty platform for slavery, Douglas also authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise and heightened the slavery debast

Question 12

John Brown

Answer 12

1800-1859 A controversial abolitionist who tried to start a slave rebellion and used sometimes violent guerrilla tactics in fighting against the institution of slavery

Question 13

Republican Party

Answer 13

Political Party that stems from the controversy over slavery. It was dedicated to keeping future territories and states free from slavery

Question 14

Dred Scott

Answer 14

Slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in 1857 because he had lived with his owner in several states where slavery was illegal. The ruling of Dred Scott v. Sanford determined that slaves were property and could not be freed by state laws. The ruling essentially nullified the Missouri Compromise and was a major factor contributing to the Civil War

Question 15

Roger B Taney

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1777-1864 Fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Taney ruled in Dred Scott v. Sanford that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

Question 16

John Breckinridge

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1821-1875 A senator from Kentucky and the fourteenth Vice President of the United states, Breckinridge ran against Lincoln, Bell and Douglass in the 1860 Presidential election on an extreme pro-slavery platform

Question 17

John Bell

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1797-1869 A wealthy slaveowner from Tennessee who served in both the House and the Senate, Bell ran for US President against Lincoln, Breckinridge and Douglass in 1860 with the Constitutional Union Party on a moderate pro-slavery platform

Question 18

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 18

1809-1865 The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln sought to end slavery and preserve the Union. He signed the Emancipation Proclamation and delivered his famous “Gettysburg Address”

Question 19

Thirteenth Amendment

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Abolished slavery in the United States

Question 20

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer 20

Defined citizenship and overturned the three-fifths compromise for slaves when determining representation, repudiated Confederate debts, and prohibited Confederate leaders from holding public office

Question 21

Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 21

All male citizens are granted the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude