Last Social Studies Test Flashcards
Popular Sovereignty
Right of people to create their own government.
Free-soil Party
A party whose main goal was to keep slavery out of the west.
Arsenal
Weapons and ammunition warehouse.
Treason
Acts against one’s country.
Martyr
someone who dies for their beliefs.
Acquiescence
The willingness to accept laws whether the person agrees with them or not.
Border State
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
Copperhead
Northerners opposed to using force to keep the south in the Union.
Draft
Requirement of all able-bodied males between the ages of 20-46 to fight in the war.
Habeas Corpus
The right to be charged or have a hearing before being jailed.
Inflation
General rise in prices.
Why did Missouri’s application to join the Union as a slave state spark a crisis?
It would give more power to the south in the senate and tip the balance of power in the means of slavery.
Why did the Missouri compromise fail to solve the slavery issue?
It only applied to the territory acquired in the Louisiana purchase, So as they got more territories it became a problem.
The five main provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to enter as a free state. Divided the rest of the Mexican Cession territories into New Mexico and Utah. Ended Slave trade in D.C. Included a strict fugitive slave law. Settled a border dispute between New Mexico and Texas.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Required all citizens to help catch African American trying to escape slavery. People who let fugitives escape could be fined $1,000 and jailed. They set up special courts. Suspects were not allowed a jury trail. Judges receive more money for sending someone away.
Why did northerners consider the Kansas Nebraska act as betrayal?
They believed it repealed the missouri compromise.
Dred. Scott and the Courts DECISION
Dred scott was a slave and when his owner was alive he was taken to states that did not allow slavery, when his owner died he filed a lawsuit for freedom. First the court ruled that he could not file a case because he was not a citizen, but property. They then stated that congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery and that the missouri compromise was unconstitutional.
Why were white southerners outraged by the north’s response to John Browns execution?
The northerners rung church bells in his honor, Southerners thought that, that was outrageous and they wanted to destroy slavery and the south along with it.
Why were both sides trying to attract border states?
These states had more people to fight and more factories to manufacture goods.
3 Advantages of the North
- Enough people to grow food and run factories while others were fighting in the war.
- Strong, large fleet of ships
- They could continuously pump out trained officers from West Point.
3 Advantages of the South
- Civilians would help
- Soldiers knew the terrain and countryside better.
- Many generals were West Point graduates
3 Disadvantages of the South
- Few factories to produce weapons and supplies.
- The confederate government was ineffective.
- They had 9 million people compared to the north’s 22 million.
3 Disadvantages of the North
- They were fighting in unfamiliar territory.
- Had to conquer a huge area.
- Had trouble finding younger, more experienced generals.
Union war tactic
- Capture RICHMOND. Without its capital, the Confederacy’s command lines would be disrupted.
- Shatter Southern civilian morale by capturing and destroying ATLANTA, SAVANNAH.
- Fully blockade all Southern coasts.
Confederate War Tactic
To fight a defensive war
Draft Problems in the North
People did not like that you could pay to not go into the army. A lot of people didn’t want to fight if they did not care about slavery. It became a rich mans war.
Draft problems in the South
People did not like that if you had more than 20 slaves you didn’t have to fight. People with less resented this law. It became a rich mans war.
Why was losing the Mississippi river bad for the confederacy?
The confederacy was split into two. They were no longer to maneuver vital supplies between them and to troops.
What was Grants concept of total war?
Destroying everything useful. Sherman’s troops burned everything, destroyed everything like houses, fields, railroad tracks, livestock.
How did women’s roles change?
They took over jobs in the industry, farms and plantations. Some woman disguised themselves as men to go into war. They participated in war by being spies. Some became war nurses, and some helped wash clothes and supplies for the troops. Some did fundraisers for the war.
