Midterm Review Terms Flashcards
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Parallel that currently makes up the northern boundary of the US
1877
Year that Northern troops are pulled out of the South - Reconstruction ends
“40 Acres & a Mule”
Promise of the Freedman’s Bureau to former slaves, although they eventually lost both
“Positive Good”
Southerners argued that slavery was good for their slaves because they were clothed, fed, and disciplined
“Redeemers”
Southern Democrats elected when the Union troops leave - They take rights from AA’s
“Solid South”
The idea that the South voted solidly for Democrats for about 100 years after the Civil War
13th Amendment
Amendment that freed the slaves
14th Amendment
Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, gives all”Equal protection”, and guarantees “Due process”
15th Amendment
Amendment that gives voting rights to all male citizens
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
2nd Great Awakening
Religious revival that stressed reforming society - led to rise of the abolitionist movement
3/5 Compromise
Agreement during the Constitutional Convention that slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person when determining the # of representatives per state
54 50
Polk wanted to claim the Oregon Territory up to this like of latitude, but wasn’t able to get it
54th Massachusetts
Famous black regiment that fought @ Ft. Wagner
Abolitionists
People who wanted to abolish (get rid of) slavery
Alice Paul
Radical protester for women’s suffrage known for hunger strikes & national protests
Alien and Sedition Acts
Laws passed in the early 1800’s stating that people who spoke out against the government could be imprisoned and foreigners could be deported. KY & VA passed resolutions refusing to obey these laws.
American System
Henry Clay’s compromise - the West would support the tariff and the North would send $$ to the west for internal improvements - this upset the south
Anaconda Plan
Union’s battle plan: Blockade the south, take the Mississippi, control Richmond
Andrew Jackson
1st President from the West - “Age of the Common Man” - Democrat - Trail of Tears
Yorktown
Final battle of the Revolutionary War
William Tecumseh Sherman
Led the “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah, GA - Destroyed everything in his path
Wilmot Proviso
Failed bill in Congress proposing that all the land gained from Mexico enter as “Free Soil” states
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty ending the Mexican War. Forced Mexico to give us land including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah for $15 million.
