Standard 3 - Terms & Definitions for Brainscape Flashcards
Year that Northern troops are pulled out of the South - Reconstruction ends
1877
Promise of the Freedman’s Bureau to former slaves, although they eventually lost both
“40 Acres & a Mule”
Southern Democrats elected when the Union troops leave - They take rights from AA’s
“Redeemers”
The idea that the South voted solidly for Democrats for about 100 years after the Civil War
“Solid South”
Amendment that freed the slaves
13th Amendment
Amendment that grants citizenship to anyone born in the US, gives all”Equal protection”, and guarantees “Due process”
14th Amendment
Amendment that gives voting rights to all male citizens
15th Amendment
Famous black regiment that fought @ Ft. Wagner
54th Massachusetts
Union’s battle plan: Blockade the south, take the Mississippi, control Richmond
Anaconda Plan
President after Lincoln - one of 3 presidents to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
One of two major northern battles; Bloodiest day of the war; South loses
Antietam
Site where Lee surrenders to Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
Laws restricting the rights of AA’s - basically ignore the fact that slaves are free
Black Codes
Popular sovereignty in KS leads Free-Soilers & pro-slavery supporters to KS - John Brown murders 5
Bleeding Kansas
Started the Tuskegee Institute to train AA’s & gave the “Atlanta Compromise” speech where he proposed that AA’s accept segregation temporarily in exchange for employment
Booker T. Washington
First major Southern victory of the Civil War - Proved the war will NOT end quickly
Bull Run
Northerners moving to the South during Reconstruction - hated by Southerners
Carpetbaggers
Agreement where CA enters as a Free Soil state, the rest of the Mexcian cession will be decided by Popular sovereignty, slave trade in DC will end, new fugitive slave law
Compromise of 1850
Agreement between the N & S stating that Hayes (R) would get to be President if the Union troops were removed from the South - ended Reconstruction
Compromise of 1877
Slave who sued for his freedom - Court rules that slaves are property & cannot sue - slavery can exist ANYWHERE in the US
Dred Scott
Election when Radical Republicans were elected to Congress in large numbers to bring order to the South
Election of 1866
Election when Lincoln was elected - the South freaks out & breaks away out of fear he’ll free their slaves
Election of 1860
Executive order that freed slaves in territory in rebellion against the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
Former slaves who leave the South to go to Kansas during Reconstruction
Exodusters
Government organization seeking to help free AA’s - “40 acres & a mule” - set up schools - held court to protect against black codes
Freedman’s Bureau
Movement to stop the SPREAD of slavery - is NOT an anti-slavery movement
Free-Soil
Famous battle of the 54th Massachusetts regiment - they lose, but prove AA’s are brave
Ft. Wagner
States that the North MUST help return slaves to the South - North hates it because of Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Part of Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
Agreement that Congress would not bring up slavery
Gag Rule
Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War - Lee invades the north trying to put pressure on Washington DC & loses
Gettysburg
Anyone could vote if their grandfather was able to - this allowed uneducated & poor whites to vote while prohibiting AA’s
Grandfather Clause
Weapons depot raided by John Brown to give guns to slaves. Brown is captured & hung, but gets sympathy from many in the north
Harper’s Ferry
President of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
Laws passed that segregated the south
Jim Crow Laws
Radical abolitionist known for his actions at both Bleeding KS & Harper’s Ferry. He frightened the South & gained attention from the north while awaiting his execution by hanging for the deaths at Harper’s Ferry.
John Brown
Law that stated that KS & NE would be decided through popular sovereignty - undoes the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Group organized in TN to intimidate AA’s from voting
KKK
Anti-slavery party that didn’t win any elections - eventully joins with northern Democrats to form the Republican party
Liberty Party
The idea that when 10% of the Southern states swore allegiance to the Union, they could be readmitted to Congress
Lincoln ‘s 10% Plan
Tests given to keep AA’s from voting
Literacy Tests
Sherman’s march from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in his path
March to the Sea
Missouri enters as a slave state, Maine enters as a free state, a line is drawn at the 36 30 to make future states obvious
Missouri Compromise
Southern nickname for slavery
Peculiar Institution
Last major battle before the South Surrenders
Petersburg
Supreme Court case declaring that “separate but equal” was legal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Tax on voting used to keep AA’s from voting
Poll Taxes
Republicans who wanted to treat the south like conqured territory after the Civil War
Radical Republicans
The period of time when the South was readmitted to the Union after the Civil War
Reconstruction
Party of Lincoln - Made from Northern Democrats & members of the Liberty party - a Free Soil party - NOT ANTI-SLAVERY!
Republican Party
Term for southerners who agreed with the Republicans during Reconstruction - hated by South!
Scalawags
Arrangement where former slaves worked fields & gave a % of the food to the owner - often forced AA’s back into an arrangement like slavery
Sharecropping
War against every part of your enemy’s land - houses, fields, livestock, etc.
Total War
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the evils of slavery - convinces many in north to disobey the Fugitive slave laws
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Turning point of the Civil War - Grant takes this city & gains control of the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Led the “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah, GA - Destroyed everything in his path
William Tecumseh Sherman
Failed bill in Congress proposing that all the land gained from Mexico enter as “Free Soil” states
Wilmot Proviso
