Part 1: Civil War & Reconstruction Flashcards
Large piece of land in the South where one cotton is planted for widespread commercial sale. These farms used slave labor
Plantations
Compromise between the North and South by Henry Clay regarding the expansion of slavery in the new territories. 1. California admitted as a free state 2. Slaves banned in Washington D.C. 3. Tougher fugitive Slave Law enacted
Compromise of 1850
Individuals usually from the North who wanted to end slavery in the entire United States
Abolitionists
Compromise introduced by Stephen Douglas, which repealed the Missouri compromise (1920) by applying popular sovereignty which allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery within their territories.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Supreme Court decision (1857) stating that this slave did not have the right to sue for his freedom since he was not a U.S. citizen, but the property of another person. Decision also stated that slavery could not be prohibited anywhere in the United States (including the north)
Dred Scott Decision
Presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln was elected president. As a result Southern states starting with South Carolina decided to leave the Union.
Election of 1860
Confederate forces fired on the federal fort located in the Harbor of Charleston South Carolina which led to the beginning of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
What were the Long Term Causes of the Civil War
- Slavery: Differing economic needs/reliance on slavery in the south 2. Sectionalism- loyalty to the section of the country as opposed to loyalty to the nation 3. extension of Slavery State’s right
Northern Strategy first suggested by General Windfield Scott that proposed strangling the South with a naval blockade of Southern ports and the use of Northern naval power to seize control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two.
ANACONDA PLAN
Wartime act by President Lincoln that announced all slaves in those territories still in rebellion would be freed. The act did not free any slaves in the border states.
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War. After this battle the South never would attack into the Northern territories again.
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
Speech Given by Abraham Lincoln honoring those who fought and lost their lives at the Battle of Gettysubrg.
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
This Amendment abolished slavery in the entire United States
13th AMENDMENT
This amendment gave African Americans citenzhip and equal protection under the law.
14TH AMENDMENT
This Amendment gave African Americans the Right to vote
15th AMENDMENT