Test 2 (A Free Country) Flashcards
Jamestown is settled by colonist
1607
Constitution is ratified
1788
Louisiana Purchase is made
1803
The American Civil War begins
April 12 1861
The American Civil War ends
April 9, 1865
Who put down Whiskey Rebellion
Washington
Passed Alien and Sedition Acts
Midnight Appointments
John Adams
Made the Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson
A man of the people
Jackson
Jackson Forced this tribe on trail of tears
Cherokee
Preacher that disagreed with predestination and started a Christian reform
Barton Stone
Former Presbyterian Minister called for apolistic Christianity
Thomas Campbell
Sought to annex Texas
Polk
Kentucky senator
Came up
With an idea for compromising
John Crittenden
Graduate from W.Pt
President of CSA
Jefferson Davis
Major Anderson
Union
General Beauregaurd
CSA
Never received a demerit at W.Pt
Perfect soldier
Robert E. Lee
CSA-Virginia native
Ulysses S Grant
Union General
Battle of Shiloh
Butcher
Achloholic
Ulysses S Grant
Meade
General- Union- Gettysburg
Sherman
Engagaged in total ware fair
Joshua Gneral Chaberlain
Orders Union to salute CSA
3 branches
Legislative congress
Executive president
Judicial surrender court
beginning of civil war- 1 casualty
ft. sumter
!st real battle
CSA forces union to retreat (they get stuck in traffic) Beauregard had a clear shot of D.C. but doesn’t pursue it
1st battle of manassas
Battle of Bull Run
Beauregard leads surprise attack on Union (Grant)
Union holds off CSA and gets reinforcements
Union victory
100,000 engaged in battle
The Battle of Shiloh
CSA (looking for shoes) and Union bump into eachother
Union victory
CSA goes downhill from here on
many many men fought
Gettysburg
Where Lee agreed to surrender
Appomattox
5 pros of North
population 90% of manufacturing 2/3 of all railroads majority of strategic ore deposits had naval fleet
3 Cons of North
Poorly led military (until near the end)
Invading unknown territory
War became unpopular in many areas in the N
5 pros of the South
Clear Purpose: Independence Strong Military Tradition Better leadership Knew territory Home ground advantage: Supportive Population
5 Cons of south
population little manufacturing few miles of railroads not enough edible food government was a confederacy
Compromise of 1850
abolished the trade of slave, but not slavery itself
Instituted stricter fugitive slave laws
How many dies in the civil war
655,670
How many casualties in the civil war
1,127,000
Crittenden’s Compromise
- Constitutional Ammendment that slavery is legal in south
- Redraw Missouri Compromise line
- Broaden Fugitive slave law (gov pays)
After Ft.Sumter what does Lincoln do?
calls for 75,000 militia for 90days
“Unconditional Surrender”
Grant
McClellan
Union General
Who wanted a big victory and why?
Robert E Lee
Wanted attention from France and England
Pickett’s Charge
At Gettysburg
15000 men walk across 3/4 of a mile (failed)
Who was determined to defeat Lee
Grant
March to the Sea
Shermen