Civil War and Reconstruction(Unit 3) Flashcards
Missouri compromise
Maine is admitted as a free state
Missouri is admitted as a slave state
Slavery not allowed above the southern border of Missouri
Compromise if 1850
California is admitted as a free state
Utah and Mexico as slave states
Banned slave trade in DC
Fugitive slave law
Escaped slaves are the governments problem
Uncle toms cabin
Popular book that brought cruelties of slavery to the attention of the public
Kansas Nebraska act
Popular sovereignty to decide if free or slave
Abolitionists and pro slavery people rushed in to sway vote
Abolitionist
Someone who will do anything to stop slavery (John Brown)
Dred Scott case
Slaves are property
Missouri compromise declared unconstitutional
Election of 1860
Abe Lincoln gets elected
Birth of Republican Party
Secession
11 southern states ceded from the union
Fort Sumter
First attack in the civil war
Agrarian
Pro farming
Industrial
Pro factories and production
Attrition
Slowly weakening a force by small persistent attacks
Draft
Required military service
Emancipation proclamation
Outlawed slavery