Civil War - Sheet1 Flashcards
- California admitted as a free state 2. establishes the idea of popular sovereignty
Compromise of 1850
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)- gave a new human face to slavery for many Northerners who had never been to the South
Harriet Beecher Stowe
network of secret routes and safe houses for blacks to escape slavery and travel north
Underground Railroad
Mini Civil War when both abolitionists and pro slavery Southerners began sending in forces to support their side and influence the decision of whether or not Kansas would become a slave state, as determined by popular sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas
Rabid Abolitionist who attempted to incite a slave revolt by raiding Harper’s Ferry and killed 5 pro-slavery supporters in Pottawatomie, Kansas
John Brown
Missouri slave sued his owner for freedom because his owner took him to a free state.The court decided that Scott was property and therefore the 5th amendment applied and the government can not forbid one of their property therefore allowing slavery to be everywhere
Dred Scott Case (Sanford v. Scott)
an attempt by John Brown to lead an armed slave revolt to seize arsenal at Harper’s Ferry.
Harpers Ferry
created 1861, SC, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all seceded following Lincoln’s election
Confederate States of America
balanced in both Agriculture and Industry
Advantages of North in Civil War
agriculture economy and dependent on slavery. believed in state’s rights
Advantages of South
Created two new territories with slavery decided by popular sovereignty. It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise as it applied to slavery north of the Missouri Compromise line.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
President of the United States. Believed slavery should not exist.
Abraham Lincoln
Created schools and aid for newly freed blacks
Freedman’s Bureau
President before Lincoln who did nothing when the South seceded
James Buchanan
White supremacy group that started after the Civil War. Use terror and intimidation to keep former slaves in their place
KKK
Southern whites who supported the North throughout reconstruction; corrupt
Scalawags
Confederate who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater.
John Wilkes Booth
A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states
Carpetbaggers
Commander of the Confederate Forces
General Robert E. Lee
Invented the Cotton Gin. Actually needed more slave labor to pick the cotton to keep up with the machine
Eli Whitney
1st president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
took over when President Lincoln died. Wanted to readmit the South and end slavery but did not want to give slaves rights.
V.P Johnson
Union general who devastated Georgia during his “March to the Sea”
General Sherman
Commander of the Union forces/ he prepared the men well, but he was awful at reading and executing battle plans
General McClellan
started Ku Klux Klan in 1865
Nathaniel Forrest
Grant sent troops to the South to stop the KKK. Not very effective
KKK Act of 1870
Grant sent troops to the South to stop the KKK. Not very effective
KKK Act of 1870
a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Plessy v. Ferguson
John Brown plans to start a slave uprising, so he steals weapons at Harper’s Ferry and is stopped, captured, tried for treason and put to death. Seen as a martyr in the North. Hated in the South.
Harper’s Ferry Raid
forgive, 10% loyalty, amnesty, abolish slavery
Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan
forgive, 10% loyalty, amnesty, abolish slavery
Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan
Punish, 50% loyalty, military rule
Congressional Reconstruction
Readmit, abolish slavery, repeal ordinance of secession, Repay war debts
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
Readmit, abolish slavery, repeal ordinance of secession, Repay war debts
Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Years of the Civil War
1861-1865
Years of the Civil War
1861-1865
slavery, tariffs, state’s rights
Sectional Differences
slavery, tariffs, state’s rights
Sectional Differences
abolishes slavery
13th Amendment
abolishes slavery
13th Amendment
equal rights
14th Amendment
equal rights
14th Amendment
Right to vote
15th Amendment
Hayes gets to be President, Southerner in the cabinet, military is pulled out of the South
Compromise of 1877
Hayes gets to be President, Southerner in the cabinet, military is pulled out of the South
Compromise of 1877
Lincoln speech dedicating the battlefield to the men who died at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln speech dedicating the battlefield to the men who died at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
place where Lincoln was shot
Ford’s Theater
place where Lincoln was shot
Ford’s Theater
Lincoln wins based on a sectional election and the South decides to secede
Election of 1860
shot in Ford’s Theater; Lincoln was seen by a gynecologist but died the following morning
Lincoln assassination
shot in Ford’s Theater; Lincoln was seen by a gynecologist but died the following morning
Lincoln assassination
2 sets of election results returned by the South; Hayes determined the winner
Election of 1876
2 sets of election results returned by the South; Hayes determined the winner
Election of 1876
Act passed by Congress that abolished previous state governments and set up 5 temporary military districts run by Union generals.
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Act passed by Congress that abolished previous state governments and set up 5 temporary military districts run by Union generals.
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Also known as the Missouri Compromise. Established the 36-30 line saying all states above the line will be free and all states below the line are slave with the exception of Missouri.
Compromise of 1820
Also known as the Missouri Compromise. Established the 36-30 line saying all states above the line will be free and all states below the line are slave with the exception of Missouri.
Compromise of 1820
someone who wants to abolish slavery
abolitionist
someone who wants to abolish slavery
abolitionist
Considered the military turning point in the war because it was the first major victory by the North in the Eastern Theater against Lee
Gettysburg
Considered the military turning point in the war because it was the first major victory by the North in the Eastern Theater against Lee
Gettysburg
Considered the political turning point in the war because following it Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation turning the war into a war about slavery forcing the South to lose their ally.
Antietam
Considered the political turning point in the war because following it Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation turning the war into a war about slavery forcing the South to lose their ally.
Antietam
Battle that secured Northern control of the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Battle that secured Northern control of the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Slave states that fought for the North because they believed it was a war about preserving the union, not slavery
Border States
Slave states that fought for the North because they believed it was a war about preserving the union, not slavery
Border States
full Presidential pardon for Confederate soldiers
amnesty
full Presidential pardon for Confederate soldiers
amnesty
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
sharecropping
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
sharecropping
When the people of a territory vote for themselves if they want to be a free state or slave state
popular sovereignty
When the people of a territory vote for themselves if they want to be a free state or slave state
popular sovereignty
Any of the laws legalizing racial segregation of blacks and whites that were enacted in Southern states beginning in the 1880s and enforced through the 1950’s
Jim Crow Laws
Any of the laws legalizing racial segregation of blacks and whites that were enacted in Southern states beginning in the 1880s and enforced through the 1950’s
Jim Crow Laws
if your grandfather could vote prior to 1867, you could vote; designed to limit black voting
Grandfather Clause
if your grandfather could vote prior to 1867, you could vote; designed to limit black voting
Grandfather Clause
to leave the Union
secession
to destroy your enemy both physically and mentally; Sherman used in his March to the Sea
Total War
to destroy your enemy both physically and mentally; Sherman used in his March to the Sea
Total War
test required of blacks to take and pass before they could vote; designed to keep blacks from voting
Literacy Test
test required of blacks to take and pass before they could vote; designed to keep blacks from voting
Literacy Test
frees the slaves in states of rebellion (not everywhere)
Emancipation Proclamation
hold on and wait for an ally; fought as individual states not a united country
Southern strategy
hold on and wait for an ally; fought as individual states not a united country
Southern strategy
required blacks to pay a fee in order to vote
Poll Tax
required blacks to pay a fee in order to vote
Poll Tax
split the South, control the rivers, take Richmond
Anaconda Policy
designed to keep blacks in their place and restricted their voting capabilities
Black Codes
South will vote in one voting block (Democrat) until the 1950s
Solid South
Hillbillies lose the most socially and plantation owners lose the most economically
Socio-economic Diagram
the realities of reconstruction are very different than the policies designed to free them and give them rights
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