Section 0, 1, 2, 4, 5 Test (Chapter 1) Flashcards
Abolitionist
mf who wants to get rid of slavs
Compromise of 1850
Allowed California to enter as a free state, divided mexican land, ended slave trade in D.C., included fugitive slave act, and settled a border dispute between New Mexico and Texas
dred scott vs standford
Said that slaves were not US Citizens (brought into question federal power on slavery)
fugitive slave act
white guys could go to the north and kidnap blacks because they wanted slaves
Missouri Compromise
Plan propsed by Henry Clay, made Missouri a slave state
Popular Sovereignty
People can vote on slavery
Secede
To leave the Union
Underground Railroad
Operation to free slaves
Border States
any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
martial law
law administered by military
Who won the election of 1860 (16th President)
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the first state to secede (and what year)
South Carolina (1860)
Who was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
When did the civil war start
April 12, 1861
What were the strengths of the South
Defensive War, knew countryside, civilians helped guide soliders, used woods for cover
What were the Weaknesses of the South
Economy, Railroads (only few), states rights, small population
What were the North’s strengths
More population, Industry power, sea power
What were the North’s Weaknesses
Offensive War
Who did Lincoln ask to be leader of the Union army
Robert E. Lee
Who’s side did Robert E. Lee fight for
South (Confeds)
When did the Battle of Bull Run happen
1861
Who won the Battle of Bull Run
South (Confederacy)
Who was appointed to be Union army commander for the east
George McClellan
When was the Battle of Fredericksburg
1862
Who won The Battle of Fredericksburg
South (Condeferates)
Who did Lincoln replace McClellan with in the Army of Potomac
Ambrose Burnside
When was the Battle of Chancellorsville
1863
What happened to Stonewall Jackson
Got mistaken for a union solider in the Battle of Chancellorsville and got killed (L)
When was the Battle of Shiloh
1862
Who won the Battle of Shiloh
The Union (North)
Who was the General of the Union in the West
Ulysses S. Grant
What is an Ironclad
An iron battle ship
What were the 2 ironclads
Virginia (Confed) and Monitor (Union)
What was the first fort to be attacked
Fort Sumter
Who attacked Fort Sumter
Confeds
What is the emancipation proclamation
A presidential proclamation that said that all slaves will be free
What was the reason for the civil war
to preserve the union and stop the succession of the Confederacy
Could Africans fight in the war
yes by 1863
When did Africans get equal pay
1864
How many slaves fought for the union
200k
Why was army life difficult
death, draft, young aged soldiers, and illness
How did the war affect the northern economy
they industrialized
How did the war affect the southern economy
they faced problems because of free runaway slaves
How did women help the war effort
They provided supplies such as food and blankets
What is draft
military service requirement
What is a Copperhead
a northerner who opposed using force to keep the south in the union
What is Inflation
rise in price and devaluation of currency
What is a profiteer
a manufacturer who raises prices of needed war goods to make extra profit
What is income tax
tax on people’s earnings
What is habeas corpus
right to be charged or to have a hearing before being jailed
What were the turning points of the war
The battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
What year was the Battle of Vicksburg
1863
What is a seige
a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building
What year was the Battle of Gettysburg
1863
What was the Gettysburg Address
a short speech given my Lincoln during a ceremony for those lost in the Battle of Gettysburg
What was Pickett’s Charge
an infantry assault ordered by Confed General Robert E. Lee on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg
What is total war
War where you destroy anything and everything (usually of use)
When did General Lee surrender
1865 after losing Richmond
When did the civil war end
April 9, 1865
What was one of the north’s battle plans
to take both ends of the Mississippi river and weaken the economy of the south
What was the south thinking the north was going todo
they thought the north would lose interest in the war
When was the emancipation proclamation passed
1863
Why was the gettysburg and vicksburg victories significant
because the union got control of the mississippi
What is Sherman’s March
a total war march conducted by General William Tecumseh Sherman
How did the north use its sea power
for blockades
What were the weaknesses of the emancipation proclamation
It didn’t instantly free slaves and mostly worked in union states and confed border states
