Nation Building Flashcards
Henry Clay
Proposed the American System, compromise of 1850, and the Missouri Compromise
American system
Was put forth by Henry clay and it created an infrastructure for the nation Monroe vetoed the part of giving money so it failed. The collapse leads to sectionalism
Missouri compromise
The gaining of Missouri unbalanced the free to slave states in the Us senate. So to keep everyone happy Missouri is admitted as slave and Maine as free. Happened because of slavery.
Wilmot Proviso
pa governed who suggests we band slavery in Mexico territory because we we’re suppose to gain land from Mexico but that would create sectionalism so it fails.
Compromise of 1850
Slaves were protected, there were stronger fugitive slave laws, California was free, and slave trade was abolished in Washington DC
Popular sovereignty
Notion that people who move to a new territory determine if it is free or slave
Uncle toms cabin
Written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Republican Party
Born in 1854 it was completely sectional the goal was to stop the expansion of slavery
Kansas-Nebraska act
Created by Stephen Douglas it repealed he Missouri compromise, spilt the Louisiana purchase into two territories, and allowed it’s settlers to accept or reject slavery by popular sovereignty
Dred Scott
It was a court case where a slave was suing for his freedom since he moved to a free territory. The ruling was the congress doesn’t have the right to determine if a territory is free or slave. Supreme Court says all territories were slave
Stephen Douglas
Was a senator who proposed a bill to organize the territory west of Missouri and Iowa he disregarded the compromise line
John brown
Led a raid on harpers ferry. He believe he was god’s agent and by killing all the slave owners slavery would be stopped. He was hung for treason
Harpers ferry
In Virginia at the time and the raid by john’s mend led to the organization if the southern militia and later the confederate army
Abraham Lincoln
President of the us during the civil war
Anaconda plan
A key point in the unions war strategy was encircling the south as an anaconda circles it’s prey. The plan entailed a naval blockade and the capture of the Mississippi rive and corridor
Crittenden admendment
Congress tried to resolve the sectional crisis in the months between Lincoln’s election and inauguration. The proposal would have extended the Missouri compromise line west to the pacific but it fails.
Fort Sumter
1st shot fired by the confederated, the bombardment continued for 40 hours without loss of life. On April 13 the union forces surrendered
James m mason and John Slidell while on their way to England we’re captured by the union and taken into custody. They let them go because it would have led to a war between Britain and the US
Trent affair
Captured by Ulysses S grant the confederates were forced to withdrawal from Kentucky and middle Tennessee
Fort Henry and Donelson
John C Calhoun
Was given a chance go achieve his goal of creating a southern voting bloc that would cut across regular party lines
John Quincy Adam
His election led to the election of 1828
Shiloh
23,000 causalities in 2 days seen as the turning point. The union son because steamboats with reinforcements came and grant became depressed
New Orleans
April 26 fleet under David Farragut coming up from the gulf captured NO. It was a major port so a major loss for the confederates
Antietam
September 17 bloodiest single day battle. 5,000 men died on two sides. Was a draw it is the ultimate turning point because it loses foreign recognition
Emancipation proclamation
President icon proclaimed that the slaves of the confederacy were free. Since the south had nt yet been defeated the proclamation did not immediately free anyone but it made emancipation an explicit war aim for the north
Fredericksburg
Was a failure due to a uphill struggle and the slaughtering of union soldiers
McClellan
He failed to capture Richmond cause he was cautious and stupid. He only started campaigning after he became head of he army of the Potomac
Vicksburg
Captured by grant in a risky move. This is what stood between the north and the Mississippi River
Gettysburgh
Lee’s army marches and confronted a union army that had taken up strong defensive position. At the end of the three day battle lee retreated and Meade failed I follow up on his victory
Grant vs lee
Grant knew that lee would run out of me. So grant renewed his attack and forced the confederfs to abandon Petersburg and Richmond on April 2 1865. Lee realized his hopelessness now. Fought a series of bloody battles
March to the sea
After Sherman’s invasion of Georgia and Atlanta went well he cut himself off from supply lines and lived off the land. He marched un oppose through Georgia to the sea destroying almost everything of possible military or economic value in a corridor
Sherman
Led the western armies towards alants and the heart of Georgia
Appomattox Courthouse
Lee surrendered on April 9th
