Need to Know Pt.2 Flashcards
What was the triggering event for secession?
President Lincoln being elected in 1860
Why did Lincoln put the proclamation out?
war strategy and to abolish slavery
What happened to the bleeding Kansas?
people flooding into the states and end up fighting
Why was the fugitive slave act passed?
for southerners to get their slave back if they ran away
Disadvantages for the North?
- lacked good military leadership
- inexperienced soldiers
- most battles were in unknown land
Why did Lincoln’s presidency come to an end?
assassinated 6 days after the war ended
famous conductor of the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
two battles took place on northern sites.
Gettysburg and Antietam
Why did prices go up in the south during the war?
the North was cutting off the south from supplies and they had no factories of their own
Why was the Freedman’s Bureau created?
To help newly freed Black Americans start their lives
woman’s jobs during wartime?
nurse
What did Sherman do on his journey and why?
destroy everything in his path to crush an demoralize the south
What battle did Lincoln give EP after?
Antietam
Secede meaning:
To break apart or leave
Disadvantages of the south
- easily split into two if North took control of the Mississippi
- few factories to produce military supplies
- no navy at war’s start
- lack railroads
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Missouri Compromise = Compromise of 1820 outcome?
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state that allowed enslavement and Maine was admitted as a state that banned enslavement. 30 36 line cross Louisiana Purchase anything north no slavery and anything South slavery was allowed
outcome of Compromise of 850
the agreement made in order to admit California into the union as a state in which slavery was illegal. Texas is added as a slave state. included allowing New Mexico and Utah territories t decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. Outlaws the trade of enslaved people in Washington D.C. created a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery
Outcome of the Kansas- Nebraska Act
an act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be aloud in the new territories. Tensions rise in Kansas between North and south and they end up getting into battle
how many candidates ran in the 1860 election?
4
primary goal of civil War when started and end goal
primary goal: keep Union together
end goal: abolish slavery
northern Democrat political view
- liked popular sovereignty
- fed. gov’t should play a little role
- decisions left to individual states
- citizens should choose if free or slave
what is the 15th amendment?
secured the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous enslavement
who created the anaconda plan?
Winfield Scott
What is the capital of confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia
When did the war end?
April 9, 1865
What does she image of the snake mean?
Anaconda Plan
What did Grant and Lee have in common?
- West Point Grad
- fearless in battle
- Mexican-American war
Grant was…..
slob and unconditional surrender
Lee was……
refined and brilliant strategist
