Oh no it's chapters 18 and 19 but only up to the part about fort sumter and nothing else okay you listening good thats good have a fun day Flashcards
Is this finished
yes dingus (looking at you Allison who did the unfinished version >:( )
Do you have progressive study on?
do that
Who originally published Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a serial in news papers
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Where was Harriet Beecher Stowe from
Massachusetts
When was Harriet Beecher Stowe relevant
1852
What was important about Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Dramaticized slavery to make people realize how immoral it could be
Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South”?
Hinton R Helper
Did Hinton R Helper have any relation whatsoever to Hamburger Helper
No mr roberts just felt like going on a tangent ig idk
When was Hinton R Helper relevant
1857
Where was Hinton R Helper from
North Carolina
What was “The impending crisis of the south” about
argued against slavery for economic reasons
How did the impending crisis of the south argue against slavery for economic reasons
slavery lowers value of all other labor, especially lower class white workers
Who was the supes radical guy who was involved in lots of massacres, kidnappings, executions, and harper’s ferry
John Brown
What did John Brown witness that made him not enjoy slavery
childhood friend who was a slave got whipped
When did Brown move to Kansas territory
1856
Where did Brown move to in order to influence the vote and murder people who had a different opinion than him
Osawatomie Kansas
Who was involved in the Pottawatomi Creek Massacre
Brown, members of the Doyle family who were members of the law and order party (sympathetic to slavery), Brown’s sons
When was the pottawatomi creek massacre
1856
What went down in the Pottawatomi Creek Massacre
Ppl sympathetic to slavery in cabin, brown and crew kidnap 5 and execute them
Who led a slave revolt in Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Where is Harper’s Ferry
in Virginia
Who captures John Brown
Robert E Lee
What eventually became of Brown
tried and hung, small group view him as hero
When was the whole Charles vs Sumner ordeal
1856
Who gave the famous speech “Crime against Kansas”
Charles Sumner
What was the crime against kansas speech about
said south is a whore and that the south is married to her
Who was Andrew Butler
the guy who was specifically insulted in the Crime against Kansas speech by Sumner
Whose relative was insulted by Sumner in their speech and half beat them to death with their cane
Preston Brooks
What happens to Sumner after he is horribly brutalized
Massachusetts continues to elect him
What becomes of Brooks after he half beats someone to death in court
He doesn’t get enough votes from House of Reps to be expelled, South Carolina re elects him
who was the slave owned by the doctor (not the physician doctor) that travelled to a number of free states and territories
Dred scott
Who was teh chief justice of supreme court during the dred scott case
Roger Taney
Where was roger taney from
Maryland
When was the dred scott case
1857
What does Dred Scott argue has earne dhim freedom
living in free territories for so long
What did Roger Taney rule that related to citizenship
Dred Scott wasn’t a citizen and so he didn’t have legal standing in court
What did Roger Taney rule that related to property
No territory had the right to deny a person of his property
What part of the dred scott ruling was most controversial
no territory had the right to deny a person of his property
What happened due to the Dred Scott ruling
Supreme court heavily criticized
Who was the democratic nomination frontrunner
Stephen Douglas
Where was stephen douglas from
illinois
What happens at the democratic party meeteing at Charleston South Carolina for the election of 1860
Douglas doesn’t get support from the southern democrats, they walked out, have to continue w/out nominee
Where does the Democratic party reconvene in order to nominate somebody for the election of 1860
Baltimore (good morning baaaltimoooooore)
What happens at the democratic party reconvening at baltimore for the election of 1860
Stephen douglas is nominated for president without southern support
What do the southern democrats who were unhappy with douglas being nominated do for the election of 1860
nominate their own candidate
who did the southern democrats nominate for the election of 1860
John C Breckenridge
Where was John C Breckenridge from
Kentucky
what was john c breckenridge all about
slavery all the way go slavery wahoo i love enslaving people
who was nominated by a third party for the election of 1860
John Bell
Where was John Bell from
Tennessee
What was John Bell all about
moderate, liked union and its conservation
Which republican nominee was the leading candidate
William Henry Seward
Where was Seward from
Ny
Which republican candidate was a radical abolitionist
Salmon Chase
Where was salmon chase from
Ohio
Which republican candidate was popular with german immigrants
Edward Bates
where was edward bates from
Missouri
Which republican candidate was widely considered everybody’s second choice
Abraham Lincoln
Where was lincoln from
Illinois
Who won the election in 1856
Buchanan
Who was the first republican nominated candidate
John C Fremont
Who was John C Fremont
Mex american war hero
Who won the election of 1860
Lincoln
What was kinda iffy about Lincoln’s election
sixty percent of voters voted for someone else
Who was the first state to secede from the union
South Carolina
When did South Carolina secede from the union
1860
What were the seven states that had seceded the union before Lincoln was inaugurated
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Florida
Which four states leave the union after fort sumter was attacked
Arkansas, tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia
What does Lincoln do in response to the mass number of states leaving the union
create a cabinet hoping seceded states would listen to their representatives and return to the union
What are things of note for the north when they were going into war
fair amount of money in both gold and paper dollars, lots of factories, around 4 mil of combat age, basically all of the rails in america
things of note for the south when they were going into war
very little money, gold, very few people of fighting age, little factories, basically nonexistent railroad
Who was the president of the south at the time (or the confederate leader)
Jefferson Davis
What were the two things that kept the South going
hope that Europe would aid them because they needed cotton imports and also the fact the south had bussin leaders
Who are some examples of bussin south leadersihp
Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Where did the states meet up to form the confederate states of america
Montgomery Alabama
How many states met up in montgomery alabama
7
Who was elected as the confederate president
Jefferson davis
Where was Jefferson davis from
Mississippi(Born in Kentucky)
What war had jefferson davis served in
Mex american war
Which border state was the least concern to Lincoln
Delaware
Why was delaware of such little concern to lincoln
of the 20000 blacks in delaware only 1800 were slaves, slavery was dying out
which border state was the most concerning to lincoln
maryland
Why was maryland of such high concern to lincoln
washington would be surrounded by confederacy if it seceded
What did lincoln do about Maryland that was really iffy and morally gray
he suspended habeas corpus and became a dictator in state, shut down state legislature relating to leaving the union
What was going on with Kentucky during all the border states stuff
it was desperately trying to remain neutral (and did on their part)
Why was Kentucky vital to both sides of the war
Ohio river valley, flowed into Mississippi river
Which border state was where the civil war (arguably) began
Missouri (i ammm in miiiiiseerrryyyyyy)
What would missouri do if it was taken
split the country in half, would help control Mississippi River valley
Who was the commander of the american army that created the anaconda plan
Winfield Scott
What happened to the american army after the mexican american war
it continued to shrink
what was the anaconda plan about
Union would hold atlantic coast, Ohio river, and mississippi with navy resources b/c confederates didn’t have navy
why was the anaconda plan rejected
political leadership didn’t think it was aggressive or dramatic enough
Where was fort sumter
Charleston Harbor and technically in South Carolina
What was Fort Sumter
a manmade island with no natural resources
How many units were on fort sumter
like 65, don’t remember that number though just remember very few
What did South Carolina do when Buchanan tried to send a resource ship to fort sumter for the first time
South carolina made it turn away
What became of fort sumter after the first resource ship was turned away
no fresh water, eating leather, that sort of thing
What did Lincoln do with fort sumter
send a resource ship to fort sumter as a “humanitarian effort”
What did South Carolina do with the “Humanitarian effort” lincoln sent to
bombard fort sumter
who ordered the bombing of Fort sumter
P.T. beauraguard
what eventually makes fort sumter surrender
anti personnel bombing
what was the only casualty of fort sumter
somebody fucked up with the ceremonial cannons lmao what a dingus
What does lincoln do in response to the loss of fort sumter
issue a ninety day enlistment for 75000 volunteers
