SS Concepts Flashcards

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Lost Cause

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Term coined by Edward Pollard which stated that the Confederate fought for free states right

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Institution of Enslavement

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  • the social, economic, and political system that supported and promoted the practice of owning individuals as property.
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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.

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United Daughters of Confederacy

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played a key role in transmitting the ideas of the Lost Cause to future generations.

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Resistance
(the ways)

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Refused to obey
Worked slowly
Pretended to be sick
Broke tools
Learned to read and write

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Sectionalism
Four Causes of Division)

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) 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

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Tariffs
What did the South think of this?

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Southerners opposed tariffs because they believed tariffs would scare off foreign buyers of their goods and make the imported goods they needed more expensive.

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Tariffs what did the North think of this?

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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

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9
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Popular Sovereignty

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The philosophy that the people have the right to determine for themselves the nature of the government

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10
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Confederate Capital

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Richmond

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Union Capital

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Washington DC

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12
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Secession/Secede

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To leave or break away (in this case from the US)

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13
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Theaters

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Areas where important military events take place.

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14
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The Liberator

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Anti-slavery newspaper by WIlliam Lloyd Garrison

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United States Colored Troops -

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Union Army regiments during the American Civil War that primarily comprised African Americans, with soldiers from other ethnic groups

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