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
Reconstruction
Governments efforts to repair damage from civil war and restore south the US
Andrew Johnson
Southern democrat former slave owner administered his own policy
Abe Lincolns running mate
Johnsons reconstruction plan
To generous to south which led to the southern governments to take advantage of former slaves
KKK
A organization that wanted to deny all African Americans their rights
Black codes
Set limits on the rights of African Americans
Reconstruction act of 1867
South divided into 5 military districts
Impeach
To accuse of wrong doing and bring to trial
Compromise of 1877
Democrats agree to give Hayes presidency of all northern troops are removed from the south
