Civil War Flashcards by Audrey Jen

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Boundary of slavery

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Antislavery Groups

Brought freedom of enslaved people

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Popular sovereignty

Allowing the people to decide

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“Bleeding Kansas”

Fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery forces

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John Brown

Violent abolitionist

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What unintended effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on northerners?

The enforcement of the law convinced more people the evils of slavery.

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Name the writer who encouraged people to break unjust laws in his essay “Civil Disobediance”

Henry David Thoreau

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What was the name of the armed pro-slavery groups of Missourians who went to Kansas to vote?

Border Ruffians

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What was the response of antislavery forces in Kansas after the new Kansas legislature passed pro-slavery laws?

They armed theirselves, they held their own elections, and they adopted a constitution banning slavery

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What happened in the town of Lawrence, Kansas in May 1856?

Slavery supporters attacked the town, soon after antislavery forces retaliated.

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Missouri

Slave state

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Maine

Free state

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Martin Van Buren

Free-Soil party candidate

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Fugitives

Runaway slaves

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Secede

To leave the union

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In 1819 what was the balance in congress between slave states and free states?

11 vs 11

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With the Missouri compromise what state was admitted to the union as a free state to preserve the balance of power?

Maine

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What was the Wilmot Proviso?

A proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico

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What was the slogan of the Free-Soil Party?

“Free soil, free speech, free labor and free men”

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What compromise was made regarding slavery in Washington DC?

The compromise of 1850- they banned the slave trade but slavery was still legal

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Dred Scott

Sued for freedom

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Martyr

A person who dies for a cause

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Arsenal

Storage site for weapons

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Millard Fillmore

1856 Know Nothing candidate

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Stephen A Douglas

"The little giant"

Which groups joined together in 1854 to form the Republican Party?

The Whigs and democrats

Who were the candidates for president in the election of 1856?

James c Fremont, Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan

For what reasons did Dred Scott claim he should be free?

He lived in areas without slavery

Who was the Chief Justice for the Dred Scott ruling?

Chief Justice Roger B Taney

What did John Brown hope to accomplish with his raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, VA?

Start a revolt against slavery

Abraham Lincoln

Republican candidate

Virginia

One of the first states to secede

John Breckinridge

Candidate of southern democrats

Fort Sumter surrender

April 14, 1861

How many candidates ran for president in the election of 1860?

How did Lincoln win the election when his name was not even on the ballot in some southern states?

The north had more people than the south and outvoted the south

What did southerners fear would result from the republican victory?

Slave revolts

What was the name of the new nation that was formed by the states that seceded from the union?

The confederate states of America

What event officially started the civil war?

Jefferson Davis sent forces to attack Fort Sumter

Richmond, VA

Confederate capital

Union's first strategy...

Blockade southern ports

Export

Sell to other countries

Rebels

Confederate soldiers

Yankees

Union soldiers

Why was border state of MD vital to the union?

If MD seceded the Union gov't would be surrounded

Which plan of the south's was not a defensive strategy?

To attack Washington DC

The north's war plan came from which hero of the war with Mexico?

Winfield Scott

Name the north's plan to gain control of the Mississippi River

Anaconda plan

About 1 out of every 11 union soldiers ran away because of fear,hunger, or sickness. How many confederate soldiers ran away?

1 out of every 8

"Stonewall" Jackson

Confederate general

Merrimack

Ironclad ship

Casualties

People killed or wounded

Union general at Shiloh

Ulysses S Grant

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionist orator

Who was the union general who captured Fort Henry?

David Farragut

Why did the union want to control the Mississippi River and its tributaties?

So they could prevent Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas from supplying the rest of the confederacy

Which side won the battle of Shiloh?

Union

What constitutional right did Lincoln have to free enslaved African Americans in the south?

Right to take property from an enemy in war time

What was the emancipation proclamation?

A document freeing all enslaved people in rebel territory- Jan 1 1863

Inflation

General increase in prices

Rose O'Neal Greenhow

Southern spy

Mary Edwards Walker

1st woman army surgeon

Copperheads

Peace Democrats

Bounties

Payments to increase enlistments

What types of shortages did the south experience during the civil war?

Food supplies, household items

What were the 2 roles of women who were actively involved in the war?

Nurses and spies

Why was disease so common for soldiers on both sides of the fight?

Soldiers were crowded together and drinking dirty water

Who were the copperheads? What position did they take on the war?

Peace democrats and they wanted the war to end and reunite the country

Define integrate

End separation of races

Gettysburg Address

272 words said by Lincoln

Battle of Gettysburg

Site of Pickett's charge

Entrenched

In a protected position

Surrender of Vicksburg

Took place on July 4 1863

54th Massachusetts

African American regiment

How did Stonewall Jackson die?

One of the confederate companies fired on Jackson by mistake, he was wounded on left arm, one week later be died

What was the last straw with President Lincoln regarding General McClellan?

He failed to obey Lincoln's order to follow confederate troops retreating from Antietam

What was the Amnesty Act?

It pardoned most former confederates and nearly all southerners could vote and hold office

After Battle of Gettysburg what did Britain withhold from the south?

Two ironclad ships

How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?

47 days

13th Amendment

Freed enslaved Americans

Strategy

action plan

March to the Sea

Trail of destruction

Ulysses S Grant

Commander of Union armies

David Farragut

Union navy hero

Whose strategy was the total war in Atlanta?

General William Sherman

Why was Petersburg important to the confederacy and a prime target for the union?

It was a railroad center that was Important for moving troops and supplies

What helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864?

Sherman's capture of Atlanta

What happened in Richmond after lee's retreat at petersburg?

Davis gathered documents, burned bridges and weapons and left Richmond VA

What was reconstruction?

The era after the civil war answering the questions about the south and newly freed slaves.