civil war Flashcards
what is reform
make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
what is nativist
relating to or supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Steam Engine
a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid
Reform Movement
Reform ism is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community’s ideal
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections
co education
the education of students of both sexes together.
Abolitionist
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery
Casualty
a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
“the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties”
revolt
rise in rebellion.
prohibition
legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933
Three Fifths Compromise
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Underground Railroad
the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War
Dred Scott Decision
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Bleeding Kansas
a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859.
Union Troops
the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states,
Confederacy
included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president
Secession
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Militia
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Battle of Bull Run
First Manassas · Fairfax County and Prince William County, VA | Jul 21, 1861 · Bull Run: Featured Resources · All battles of the Manassas Campaign - July 1861.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
Battle of Antietam
Antietam, the deadliest one-day battle in American military history, showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater.
Battle of Gettysburg
Adams County, PA | Jul 1 - 3, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War. With more than 50,000 estimated casualties, the three- …
Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men …
Appomattox Court House
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Surrender
cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority.
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
The 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
US Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union (“the North”) and the Confederacy (“the South”),
Reconstruction
the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems,
Jim Crow Laws
mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others, beginning in the 1870s.
Segregation
he action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Reconstruction Act of 1867
outlined the terms for readmission to representation of rebel states.
Amnesty
an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.
Ten Percent Plan
allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths
Freedman
a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.
Integrate
combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.
Sharecropping
a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
Lynching
(of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.
