history unit 10 Flashcards
popular sovereignty
idea that political authority belongs to the people
sectionalism
devotion to the interests of one region over the interests of the country as a whole
secede
to formally withdraw from the union
uncle Tom’s cabin
antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed Northerns the violent reality of slavery and drew many to the abolitionists cause
compromise of 1850
Henry clay proposed agreement that allowed CA to enter the union as a free state and divided the Mexican cession into territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty
fugitive slave act
l aw that made it a crime to help runaway slaves. allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves In areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders
kansas-nebraska act
a law that allowed voters in kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery
Lincoln-Douglass debates
a series of debates between republican Linclon and democrat Douglass during the 1858 senate campaign in Illinois
confederate states of America
confedracy, the nation formed by the southern states when they seceded from the union
cotton diplomacy
confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to britains textile industry to persuade the british to support the confederacy in the civil war
ironclads
a warship that is heavily armored with iron
emancipation
freeing of the slaves
emancipation proclamation
an order issued by president Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the union Janurary 1 1863
contrabands
an escaped slave who joined the union army during the civil war
habeas corpus
the constitonal protection against unlawful imprisonment
total war
a type of war in which an army destroys its opponents ability to fight by targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources
extra credit
April 9th 1865
describe 3 causes of the civil war
fugative slave act: angered abolitionists because it supported slavery
uncle Tom’s cabin: novel angered southerners
sectionalism: the states are separated into slave and free states
4 advantages of union and confederacy
north: population, transportation network, money, banking system
south: cotton and agriculture, exports, food from farms, military officers
describe the impact of emancipation procalmation
presadent Lincoln issued the proclamation in 1863 freeing all enslaves Africans in rebllious states. it was an attempt to stop slave laybor from being used to help the southern war effort
what are the 4 main effects of the civil war
1.end to slavery
2. 620,000 Americans killed
3. creation of military districts
4. destruction of southern economy
