SS Concepts Flashcards
Lost Cause
Term coined by Edward Pollard which stated that the Confederate fought for free states right
Institution of Enslavement
- the social, economic, and political system that supported and promoted the practice of owning individuals as property.
Cornerstone speech
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Confederate Vice- President
Speech was given to justify enslavement
disagreements over the enslavement of Africans was the “immediate cause” of secession.
United Daughters of Confederacy
played a key role in transmitting the ideas of the Lost Cause to future generations.
Resistance
(the ways)
Refused to obey
Worked slowly
Pretended to be sick
Broke tools
Learned to read and write
Sectionalism
Four Causes of Division)
) Slavery - moral issue,
2) Economy - Southern economy depended on slavery; Northern economy on factories,
3) Election of Abraham Lincoln - South thought he would end slavery,
4) States rights vs. Federal rights - Southern states thought states should decide issue of slavery, not federal government
Tariffs
What did the South think of this?
Southerners opposed tariffs because they believed tariffs would scare off foreign buyers of their goods and make the imported goods they needed more expensive.
Tariffs what did the North think of this?
The North had become industrialized, so having high tariffs on foreign products meant that people had to buy domestically, i.e. from the North so it benefitted big business
Popular Sovereignty
The philosophy that the people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of the government
Confederate Capital
Richmond
Union Capital
Washington DC
Secession/Secede
To leave or break away (in this case from the US)
Theaters
Areas where important military events take place.
The Liberator
Anti-slavery newspaper by WIlliam Lloyd Garrison
United States Colored Troops -
Union Army regiments during the American Civil War that primarily comprised African Americans, with soldiers from other ethnic groups
