Civil War Flashcards
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Boundary of slavery
Antislavery Groups
Brought freedom of enslaved people
Popular sovereignty
Allowing the people to decide
“Bleeding Kansas”
Fighting between pro-slavery and antislavery forces
John Brown
Violent abolitionist
What unintended effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on northerners?
The enforcement of the law convinced more people the evils of slavery.
Name the writer who encouraged people to break unjust laws in his essay “Civil Disobediance”
Henry David Thoreau
What was the name of the armed pro-slavery groups of Missourians who went to Kansas to vote?
Border Ruffians
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
What happened in the town of Lawrence, Kansas in May 1856?
Slavery supporters attacked the town, soon after antislavery forces retaliated.
Missouri
Slave state
Maine
Free state
Martin Van Buren
Free-Soil party candidate
Fugitives
Runaway slaves
Secede
To leave the union
In 1819 what was the balance in congress between slave states and free states?
11 vs 11
With the Missouri compromise what state was admitted to the union as a free state to preserve the balance of power?
Maine
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal that would ban slavery in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico
What was the slogan of the Free-Soil Party?
“Free soil, free speech, free labor and free men”
What compromise was made regarding slavery in Washington DC?
The compromise of 1850- they banned the slave trade but slavery was still legal
Dred Scott
Sued for freedom
Martyr
A person who dies for a cause
Arsenal
Storage site for weapons
Millard Fillmore
1856 Know Nothing candidate
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?
4
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.
