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Civil War Flashcards

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Antebellum

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Period of time before or leading up to war
Lead up to Civil War

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Problems of Jacksonian America

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Westward Expansion (war with Mexico)
Federalism vs. States right
Slavery vs. Abolition

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Compromise of 1850

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5 laws addressing slavery and the expansion
-CA would be admitted as a free state
-Defined borders of Texas
-New Mexico and Utah will be free or slave state due to popular sovereignty
-Fugitive Slave Act

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Popular Sovereignty

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Theory that a government is created for the people and by the people; people deserve to vote
People in New Mexico and Utah would decide their fate

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Legalized tracking and returning of slaves to their owners
Free states had to comply-caught helping would be fined or jailed

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Underground Railroad

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Network of abolitionists who worked to ensure safe passage of runaway slaves to the north and Canada
Contrary to popular beliefs, this network wasn’t coordinated

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Harriet Tubman

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Former slave who fled from MD to PA
Ran 13 missions to save 70 former slaves
Spy for the Union army

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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

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Major debates over how states in the Louisiana territory would join the Union
Popular sovereignty

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Bleeding Kansas

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Many people flocked to settle in Kansas to sway votes on slavery
Two governments were established in Kansas which led to no order

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John Brown

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1855-Militant abolitionist who lead groups of abolitionists to fight in Kansas
1859-Harper’s Ferry, MD armory and tried to incite slave rebellion

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Dred Scott Decision

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Slave in Missouri who was brought to Illinois and Wisconsin which were free states and tried to fight for his family’s freedom due to living in a free state

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Election of 1860

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Election where Abraham Lincoln, Stephan Douglas, John Bell, and John Breckenridge ran

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Abraham Lincoln’s Running for Presidency

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Republican Party
Self taught and successful lawyer
Didn’t want slavery to expand
Made a name for himself by opposing the Mexican American war
Lincoln-Douglas debates (future of slavery)

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Stephan Douglas

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Democratic Party (North)
Former congressman
Ran for president against Lincoln
Believed in popular sovereignty for state fate

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John Bell

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Constitution Unionist: was in the middle about most issues
Opposed Mexican-American war and believed slavery should expand
Was an enslaver
Ran for president to split necessary percentage needed to win in order to have a better shot at being president

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John Breckenridge

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Democratic Party (South)
Believed restrictions on slavery were unconstitutional
Pro slavery and opposed to popular sovereignty

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Secession

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The action of withdrawing formally from an organization
South thought election was rigged because Lincoln won with no electoral votes from the south
Former President James Buchanan didn’t do anything in response

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Why did the south secede?

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Election showed balance of power had swung to free states
Slave states had popular votes but lost
slave states feared the north would abolish slavery nation wide

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Confederate Constitution

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Similar to US Constitution except focused more on freedom and religion

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Lincoln’s 1st Inauguration

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During his inauguration, he addressed…
that he will not interfere with slavery in the south
that no state can leave
there should be no blood shed

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Fort Sumter

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Military base in the Charleston, South Carolina that belonged to the Union
Confederates asked them to leave
Union refused and the Confederates thought that this was an act of war
Confederates won this fort after firing on it

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Abraham Lincoln

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Grew up in Kentucky and Indiana
Became a self-taught lawyer
Considered on of our greatest presidents
Always anti-slavery but not in favor of immediate emancipation at first
Wanted to stop expansion of slavery and keep the Union together

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Ulysses S. Grant

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West Point graduate who failed at everything outside the military
Rose to be the greatest general of the Union army
Became president after the war

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Jefferson Davis

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Former senator of Mississippi
First and only president of the Confederacy

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Robert E. Lee

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Most accomplished Confederate general with numerous victories
Has been mythologized in the past, but a controversial figure today

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Lincoln and Davis’s Plans for the Civil War

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Union-The “Anaconda Plan”: wanted to surround and squeeze the confederacy through blockades
Confederacy-Defend territory and gain recognition from the UK and France

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Who Fought in the War?

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North: more educated, wealthier, more supplies, not as well trained, 25% were immigrants
South: less educated, less wealthy, fewer supplies, had better military leaders

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Why did Soldier Fight?

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North: defending the Union, abolitionism, black soldiers joining
South: defending their home, slavery, states rights

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The Draft

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Forced enrollment of people for military service

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Wilmot Proviso

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Condition about slavery in CA and the Mexican territory

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Radical Republicans vs. Copperheads

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RR supported African American rights and wanted to abolition to be a condition when ending the war
Copperheads wanted more moderate rules

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Decreed that slaves in the south were free
Denounced by moth sides
But laid out plans for compromise (slavery would still be in tact if the north won)

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54th MA Infantry Regiment

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Massachusetts’ first formal call for African Americans to enlist in this troop

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20 Negroes Law

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Allowed white plantation wonder to not e forced into conscription
separated the confederacy due to class

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Impressment Act

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Allowed the Confederate to take crops and other supplies from citizens

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New York City Draft Riots

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Protestors destroyed the draft office due to unfair drafts
They also attacked and lynched African Americans for their problems

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13th Amendment

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Abolished slavery

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Appomattox Court House

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Lee had to surrender due to being surrounded and outnumbered
Lee and Grant made agreements that Confederate soldiers would be pardoned so they could go back to work
Agreement lead to end of the war

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth was a co-conspirator on the assassination fo Lincoln
Killed him during a play he was watching

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The Effects of the War

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Both sides spent a lot of money on the war
2 of 3 people died in field hospitals due to it being unsanitary
Morphine was prescribed by surgeons and it lead to many veterans and patients to be addicated
Many soldiers became disabled due to injuries
Hurt South’s economy
Success to Republican Parrty
Many families fell into poverty
Expansion of federal government

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Lee’s second invasion of the north
Cross from VA into MD
Union soldiers fought off the assault so the Confederate troops retreated
Bloodiest Conflict

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Gettysburg Address

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Speech to honor those who fought and died in the battle
Influence people that they need to keep fighting so the soldiers who died wouldn’t have died in vain

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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

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Less of a triumphant victory than somber acknowledgement of the state of the country

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Events Leading to the End of the War

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Union victories in Vicksburg and Gettsyburg

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Battle of Vicksburg

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Union controlled MI river and cut Confederacy in half

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Failing Confederate Economy

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Cut off from trade
Inflation due to lack of trust of the dollar
Enslaved people fled to the North
Running low on supplies

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Union armies moved towards Georgia and the Coast
Sherman’s plan was to destroy everything in their paths to defeat the Confederacy

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Ulysses S. Grant’s Strategy for Attacking

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Relentless attack of General Lee’s army
Union could lose more men than the Confederacy

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