Civil War And Reconstruction Flashcards
Driving force of each of the following regions economy
North- industry
South- agriculture
Abolition movement
People against slavery and wanted to see it end
Make black abolitionist
Frederick Douglas
Female black abolitionist
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
A network of men and women who helped slaves escape to the north or Canada
How did William Lloyd garrison contribute to the abolitionist movement
Created newspaper, articles and speeches against slavery. The liberator
Why was the Missouri compromise needed?
Balance of power in the state
Free state and slave senator do not want to change
Henry clay
Gets congress to agree (the great compromise)
3 parts of the Missouri compromise
Balance of power in the state
Free state and slave state senator do not want to see change
Louisiana purchase
What was clays role in the compromise of 1850
North gets popular sovereignty
South get fugitive slaves laws put in place
Describe the pieces of the compromise of 1850
In 1849 California wants to come into the union free state
There were 15 free states and 15 free states
Henry clay
Fugitive slave laws? Why do people from the north hate them?
Required federal officials in the north to arrest and remove such fugitive person back to the state territory where he or she may escaped
Popular sovereignty? How was it applied to new territories?
Will decide the slavery issue in the southwest territories
Why did the north protest the Kansas Nebraska act
To gain the southern, questions of whether the territories would be slave of free
Bleeding Kansas
The vote over slavery was fixed by people from mission coming over the state line to vote pro slavery
Who attempted to lead a slave rebellion by stealing guns at harpers ferry, Virginia?
John brown
Some of the event that took place that gave it the term “bleeding Kansas”
Sinner vs brooks
John brown
Dred Scott decision
Landmark decision by the US Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law
How did the court rule?
A court ruled that persons of African descent, slave or free, could not be citizen of the US and therefore could not rule
Impact of the decision for all people descent
Affirmed the most extreme southern position
Results of the Lincoln-Douglas debate
Lincoln becomes a popular national figure
What type of support did Lincoln receive in the election of 1860 from the people?
Receives only 30% of the popular vote but wins the electoral college
First state to secede from the union
South Carolina
How many states leave the union
11