Chapter 14 Flashcards
1849, this state wanted to be a non slave state; upset balance of power in senate between n and s
California
Two parties- democrats and Whigs each selected a candidate; d- Senator Lewis vs w- Zachary Taylor , Taylor won
Election of 1848
California free state ; enforced the Fugitive slave law
Compromise of 1850
1850, Massachusetts man who’s opinion was important, backed the union “not as a northerner or a Mass. Man but an American man “seventh of March”
Daniel Webster
Part of compromise of 1850 , made hiding slaves against the law
Fugitive slave law
A section of secret routes leading up North for slaves
Underground Railroad
An escaped slave from Maryland that led 300 states to freedom in the 1850s
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist who wrote novel “uncle toms cabin” dramatized cruelty of slavery , used her friends to help write
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bill that created two new territories
Kansas-Nebraska act
Man who’s owner died , went to court . Judge said not citizen therefore can’t sue . Property of owner , Supreme Court ruled against him and led to this
Dred Scott decision
Abolitionist who raided Kentucky and led men to try to kill slaves’ families
John Brown and Harpers ferry
First republican president of us , ended slavery/civil war
Abraham Lincoln
Leader of confederacy , withdrawn from Union , returned to everyday life then was asked to be pres of confederacy
Jefferson Davis
1861-1865 , first battle at fort Sumter in charleston , Jefferson Davis leader of confederacy vs Abraham Lincoln, leader of union
Civil war
Fought at Manassas junction near a creek called bull run , south on this first MAJOR battle
The first battle at bull run
Confederate general who earned his nickname because he stood like a stonewall , never gave up in battle
Stonewall Jackson
Christian general of union , man of prayer , later became general of the south but freed his slaves
Robert e lee
North tactic with 4 points - 1) naval blockage of southern coastline 2) control of miss river 3) Control tenn river valley 4) capture confederate capital @ Richmond
Anaconda plan
Union Gen. who captured the river outpost of Fort Henry and for Daniels Donelson; wanted nothing but saved to be free, unconditional surrender
Ulysses S Grant
Bloodiest battle 23,000 casualties in one day; Kansas
Battle of Antietam
Written by Linkin; freedom of the slaves in states that seceded from the union; black troop to join the union
Emancipation Proclamation
Pennsylvania, three day battle; Lee knew a victory was needed, 7000 died, union one led to Gettysburg address
Battle of Gettysburg
Help soldiers in union provided with food clothing coffee and Bible
United States Christian commission
Town were surrender of Civil War, Lee to grant
Appomattox Courthouse
Said that man a certain age had to join the military without choice
draft system
Army medical nurse, establish Berlind missing people, helped organize American Red Cross
Clara Barton
600,000 many men were permanently injured as well this is the cause of what war
Civil War
10% plan, 13th amendment, Friedmans borough were all part of what
The Lincoln plan
Outlaw slavery, reestablish government required to ratify, outcome of Civil War
13th amendment
Set up by government to provide relief for both blacks and whites who lost everything in war
Freedman’s borough
John Wilkes Booth shot him in a theater on April 14, 1865 this was who’s assassination
Abraham Lincoln
Made Freedmen citizen of the US and attempted to safeguard their civil rights like voting, 1866
14th amendment
Divided Confederacy into five military districts and appointed military officers with power to govern each district, state could be readmitted to union if they guarantee blacks the right to vote +13th and 14th amendment
Reconstruction act of 1867
Became president after Lincoln died face problems with the radical Republicans reconstructed union and was the first president to be impeached from his presidency but was not kicked out of White House
Andrew Johnson
Pres. 1869 through 1877, simplified with South, lacked discernment
Ulysses S Grant
Is the federal and state government from denying a person to vote because of race
15th amendment
Ended reconstruction and south, federal money given for economic development in the south
Compromise of 1877
Founded by Booker T. Washington, black University in Alabama
Tuskeegee Institute
Born slaves, founded Tuskeegee Institute, wrote up from slavery, Christian
Booker T. Washington
Said example at Hampton University, pioneer for multiracial vocational training throughout South
Gen. Samuel see Armstrong
Both sides suffered great losses in this battle. South was about to win when Union troops arrived
Shiloh Tennessee
Gen. A.e Burnside attempt to capture this place in battle Lee and Jackson defeated Union troops
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Three minute speech given by Lincoln focused on heroism and tragedy shared by both north and south Plus the possibility of an even stronger union
Gettysburg address
Union forces defeated the Confederate Army , now Union troops could invade Georgia
Battle at Chattanooga
Union Gen. Who Marched from Tennessee through Georgia to the Carolinas
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Notes that could be redeemed after a period of time for their purchase value plus interest
War bonds
Paper currency backed by nothing but the governments promise to redeem in gold/silver and a future time
Greenbacks
Western part of Virginia Allied themselves with the union when Virginia seceded from the union, Admitted to the union in 1863
West Virginia
