Civial War Flashcards

1
Q

Missouri wanted to become a slave state, if Missouri did become a slave state there would be more slave states than free states. To compromise Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state. The government also established a border line that slavery could not cross

A

Missouri Compromise

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2
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To leave the United States

A

Secede

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3
Q

Differences between the north and south prior to the civil war

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Sectionalism

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4
Q

Kansas and Nebraska were going to decide on slavery using popular sovereignty. Groups of pro-slavery and abolitionist rushed to that area to try and sway voters. This violated the Missouri compromise

A

Kansas Nebraska Act

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5
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California and Utah would become free States

A

Compromise of 1850

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6
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Allowing states to vote on an issue

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Popular sovereignty

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7
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A crop that is in demand and creates a lot of profit. Cotton, prior to the Civil War

A

CASH CROP

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8
Q

John brown was an abolitionist who tried to lead a slave to rebellion at Harpers Ferry

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John Browns Raid

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9
Q

Confederate

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South

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10
Q

Union

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North

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11
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Union plan to cut the south in half, cut of confederate supply, restrict trade, and take the Mississippi River

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Anaconda Plan

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12
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Made by pres Lincoln freed the slaves in the states and territories not under union control

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Emancipation Proclamation

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13
Q

Union general who burned most of Georgia

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Sherman’s March to the sea

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14
Q

A farmhouse where the confederacy surrendered to the north

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Appomattox Court House

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15
Q

A plan for rebuilding the south after the civil war

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Reconstruction

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16
Q

More lenient on the south proposed by pres Andrew Jackson

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Presidential reconstruction

17
Q

Stricter guidelines proposed by radical republicans

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Radical reconstruction

18
Q

And slavery in the us completely

A

13th amendment

19
Q

African Americans citizens of the US and the states where they lived

A

14th amendment

20
Q

Speech Lincoln gave at a ceremony dedicating a cemetery to soldiers who had died in the battle of Gettysburg

A

Gettysburg Address

21
Q

General of the confederate Army

A

Robert E Lee

22
Q

General of the union army

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Ulysses S Grant