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Chapters 13-14 Flashcards

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1
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Divided the country into slave and free states

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Missouri compromise

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The line used to divide slave and free states

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36 30 line

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“Slavery should not be allowed in any lands from Mexico”

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The Wilmer Proviso created by senator David Wilmot

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Compromise written by Henry Clay

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Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

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California becomes a free state
Popular sovernegeity in New Mexico
No slave trade in DC
Harsher fugitive slave law

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Popular sovereignty

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People in the states decided if they want slavery

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What part of the compromise of 1850 causes most controversy?

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Harsher Fugitive Slave Law

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Harsher Fugitive Slave Law factors

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$1000 fine
6 months jail time
Evidence Required to arrest/fine: a sworn testimony from a bystander
Free men, if they were black, were captured as slaves

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9
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Trail slaves used to escape

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“Underground Railroad”

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A book in response to harsher fugitive slave law act

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Uncle Toms Cabin

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Who wrote uncle toms cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Uncle toms cabin

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300,000 copies sold
Vivid portrayal of slavery
Opens peoples eyes
North no longer ignorant

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“Bleeding Kansas”

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A nickname for Kansas since it was just a place of fighting

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14
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Kansas-Nebraska act

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Nullifies Missouri Compromise

Popular soveirgenty on whether a state was free or slave

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Stephen Douglas

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Wants a transcontinental railroad
Wants expansion
Needs Kansas and Nebraska organized
Southern states unhappy with him since Kansas and Nebraska will both be free

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Free soilers

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The third and northern political party against the expansion of slavery

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Border Ruffians

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Not an official political party but southerner party who are pro slavery

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Charles Sumner

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Massachusetts Senator who spoke “Crime against Kansas”

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“Crime Against Kansas”

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A speech by Charles Sumner about how Kansas should’ve been free even though it wasn’t, insults Andrew P Butler

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Preston Brooks

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Andrew P Butlers cousin who held Sumner at gunpoint forcing an apology

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Dred Scott Case

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Dred Scott was purchased by an army surgeon named Emerson
Scott travelled to Free territory commonly
When Emerson dies, his wife does not let Scott but his freedom
Scott goes to the Supreme Court

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Dred Scott Case Decision

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Chief Justice Roger Taney says Scott is inferior, not a citizen, property, and ignores the Missouri Compromise. Says if Scott is “property” the constitution does not let him be free.

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Lincoln-Douglas debates

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7 debates— running for Illinois senator 
Douglas offends south from impossible question provided by Lincoln
Question about Dred Scott
Democratic Party splits
Paves the way for Lincoln in 1860
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President during Lincoln Douglas debates

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James B Cannon

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John Browns raid

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21 men
Planned to write a new constitution
Plans to attack Harper’s Ferry , Virginia
Leads enslaved in an antislavery rebellion
Plans to capture the Federal Arsenal

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John Brown

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Fails his raid
Free soiler
Hung
Found a hero

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General who stormed the farmhouse John Brown hid him, against him

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Robert E Lee

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Parties formed into the Republican Party (opposed slavery’s expansion)

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Whigs, Free-Soilers, and Retired slave supporters

29
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Democrats

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Supported slavery

30
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Republican Party candidate election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln

31
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Northern democratic candidate election of 1860

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Stephen Douglas

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Southern democratic candidate election of 1860

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John Breckenridge

33
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Constitutional Union Party

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A party where you use the constitution to guide the law

34
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Constitutional union party candidate election of 1860

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John Bell

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Winner of Election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln

36
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December 20, 1860

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South Carolina secedes

37
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Confederate states of America

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Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

38
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President of Confederate States

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Jefferson Davis

39
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Mary Chestnut

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Spectated Fort Sumter, says all men should be fighting and doing more for your country.

40
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Fort Sumter Layout

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Union is inside the fort
General Robert Anderson
Confederacy on shore
Leader P.G.T. Beauregard

41
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Relationship between generals in union and confederacy

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The union general is the confederate generals teacher!

42
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Who surrendered at fort Sumter?

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Union general Robert Anderson

43
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How long was fort Sumter

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34 hours long bombardment

44
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How many troops did Lincoln call for after fort Sumter

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75,000 troops

45
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Union Tangibles

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71% of population
More resources— supplies, (71%) railroads, telegraphs, better navy
Abraham Lincoln

46
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Southern Tangibles

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Home turf
Motivation
Leadership
Defensive Warfare

47
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Robert E Lee

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Overall commander (late) but the heart and soul of the Southern Army

48
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White House Strategy

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South must invade the White House to gain foreign support

49
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Antietam

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First major battle in northern soil (Maryland)
Bloodiest day in the war (23k casualties)
Robert E Lee retreats which 1/4 of his army dead

50
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After Antietam

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1) northern army gains confidence

2) Lincoln openly attacks slavery after signal victory

51
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Emancipation Proclamation

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Declared enslaved people in the confederate and United States are free (even though Lincoln doesn’t rule the confederacy)
Wants England and France to NOT aid the South

52
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African Americans

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Played an active role in attaining freedom during Antietam

53
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54th Massachusetts

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Proved that African Americans could and would fight for freedom
Women became spies

54
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Belle Boyd

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Southern spy
Shot a man who pushed her mom
Put on house arrest but got her slave to “get groceries” but actually spread secrets

55
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Rose Greenhow

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Southern spy
Helped win battles
Crucial information gainer

56
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Vicksburg

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A confederate fort that controlled movement along the Mississippi

57
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Ulysses S Grant

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Soon to be overall commander for the North, trying to invade Vicksburg. (United states owns Mississippi)

58
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Siege of Vicksburg

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May 18th-July 4th
People hid in 500 caves
200 union guns pounded Vicksburg
People eventually ate mules horses dogs and rats after subsiding on peas cornbread and bacon

59
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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Turning point
Lees 2nd invasion of the North
July 1-3, 1863

60
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George Meade

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Commander for the North at the battle of Gettysburg

61
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George Picketts Charge

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~12,000 men to strike at Union Center
~Only 50% casualties
~The moment Robert E Lee realized the South couldn’t win the battle

62
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Gettysburg Address

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Lincoln dedicates a cemetery to the soldiers, north and south, who died at Gettysburg

63
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Appomattox Courthouse

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Virginia

Lee surrenders to Grant with no punishment

64
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John Wilkesbooth

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Famous actor
Knew plays
Knew when people would laugh in plays or the loudest moments
Abraham Lincoln murderer

65
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Lincoln Asassinated

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By John Wilkesbooth during a funny moment in the play
Happened at Fords Theatre
Play: “our American cousin”

66
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Sic Semper Tyrannis

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“Thus always to Tyrants”
Meaning Tyrants get death
Said by John Wilkesbooth after he jumped down on the stage

67
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Wilkesbooth hiding

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Hides in a barn for 12 days

68
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Lincoln’s role

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Passed on to Andrew Johnson

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