SS fimal Flashcards
an abolitionist he is know for the lead the raid on Harper’s Ferry and the Sacking of Lawrence
John Brown
A Kansas senator, abolitionist and lead of the 400 men Lane’s army of the North and leader of the Jayhawkers
James Lane
Was running for president, won and once he was elected the states started to secede
Abraham Lincoln
violent time caused by the Kansas Nebraska Act, allowing voting on slavery in the 1850s
Bleeding Kansas
A four part agreement that included California admitted as a free state. The fugitive slave act required all citizens to assist in returning runaway slaves . Slaves denied right to jury trial. Popular sovereignty used to decide issue of slavery in newly organized New Mexico and Utah Territories. Slave trade banned in Washington, D.C.
Compromise of 1850
Supreme Court case where Dred was a slave suing for his freedom because he moved into a free-state. It was ruled that the government was unconstitutional to prohibit slavery in the free states.
Dred Scott v. Stanford
allowed people in those territories to vote on the issue of slavery. They used popular sovereignty to decide whether to allow or forbid slavery.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown attempted to arm slaves and lead them in a revolt in this raid, but failed when he was caught.
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
During the election of the first territorial Kansas government, 5,000 or so Missouri men illegally participated in the voting process. David Rice Atchison, U.S. senator from Missouri, encouraged this illegal voting and voted pro-slavery
Border Ruffians
in Charleston, South Carolina, a fort refused to surrender to the Confederacy. When the fort was taken the U.S sent troops to the South to stop the rebellion.
Fort Sumter
The confederate president
Jefferson Davis
A general war hero for the Union and fought at the battle of Shiloh and Vicksburg. He was the leader of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox court house.
Ulysses S. Grant
A Confederate general who invaded the North
Robert E. Lee
Leader of the bushwackers and burned Lawrence in return for the attack on Missouri by the Jayhawkers.
William Clarke Quantrill
He used total war, Union general, Marched across Georgia
William T. Sherman
How did the Civil War affect the economies of both sides?
Northern industry boomed, but there was a shortage of workers due to the draft. The economy inflated because they printed 400 million dollars. Shortages made goods higher.
Confederate victories convinced Lee to become bolder. He invaded Pennsylvania. The confederate army lost to General George Meade. The confederacy never fully recovers from this battle.
Gettysburg
With Richmond safe Lee decided to invade the North. The Union found battle plans. The Union won.
Antietam
Union victory, Grant defeated the confederates. Gave the Union control of the Mississippi river.
Vicksburg