unit 3 Flashcards
Zachary Taylor,
led the American troops to occupy the contested borderland between the 2 rivers
compromise of 1850
appeals to north
CA admitted as free state
Appeals to south
Fugitive slave act renewed
Fugitive slave act
required police and citizens to help slave holders cath runaway slaves.
Millard fillmore
Pres #13, Taylor died and he becomes president and signs Compromise of 1850 into Law
Underground railroad
Escaped help from a conductor. Providing routes, shelter,food.
Harriet Tubman
Helped with the underground railroad.
Uncle Toms cabin
written by harriet beecher stowe in 1853 that highly influenced england’s view on the American Deep South and slavery. a novel promoting abolition. intensified sectional conflict.
Harriet beecher stowe
wrote the book “Uncle toms cabin.”
Franklin pierce
Pres. #14, democrat, pro-slavery, ineffective at handling slavery debate
Kanas - Nebraska act
cancels MO Compromise (KS- slave and NE- free) and resulted in Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding kansas
bleeding everywhere lots of violence
James buchannan
Pres #15, democrat, congressmen, doughface
Dred scott vs sanford
Supreme court case supporting that slaves were considered property
New republican party
They came from KS/NE act, they rejected slavery and popular sovereignty. Didn’t want slavery to spread
Election of 1860
Lincoln wins electoral college, didn’t win any southern votes
secession
Sc immediatley secedes
The civil war began and ended.
Beginning April 12th, 1861. Ending April 9th 1865
Confederate states of America.
(led by Jefferson Davis) wanted to protect slavery
Border states
MD, KY, and MO
Robert E Lee
Strong Army, well trained
home field advantage
Ulysesses s Grant
Stronng Navy, Industury and resocurses, Raildroad network
Anaconda Plan
Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy; cut off ports/rivers to divide South
Battle of Bull run
General Stonewall Jackson delivers victory for the South. Union learns they need a bigger army
Battle of new orleans
David Farragant leas attack, union gain control of lagest port in the south.
Battle of Shiloh
Union cut off rail line. Confederate forces surprised union troops
Battle of Antietan
Civil War battle in which the North suceedeed in halting Lee’s Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in 25,000 casualties
Battle of Vickysburg
confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
Battle of Gettysburg
Direct attack on Union, kept Britain out of war, restored Union moral. Turning point of the War that made it clear the north would win.
March to sea
cut a path across georiga to further divide south; took savannah
13th ammendment
banning slavery
Gentlemans agreement
terms of surrender
John wilks booth
Murderer of Lincoln
Reconstruction
rebuilding of the South after the Civil War. Goverment controls south
Thaddeus stevens
Leader of the Radical Republicans
Freemens Bureau
Provided Assitance to nearley freed slaves, Boosted edcuation.
Andrew johnson
17th President of the United States, A Southerner form Tennessee, as V.P. when Lincoln was killed, he became president. He opposed radical Republicans who passed Reconstruction Acts over his veto. The first U.S. president to be impeached, he survived the Senate removal by only one vote. He was a very weak president.
Black codes
Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
14th amendment
Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
Impeach
to force someone out of office because of wrongdoing
Military reconstruction
It divided the South into five military districts
15th amendment
gave African American men the right to vote
Ulysees s grant
Union General who forced the surrender of Vicksburg and became general in chief of all Union armies he forced lee to fight a series of decisive battles which led to the Confederate surrender
Carpetbaggers
northerner who moved south for job opportunities
Scalawag
White Southner who supported Reconstruction
Ku Klux Clan
group that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights.
Share cropping
A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a small portion of the crops.
Tenat farming
system of farming in which a person rents land to farm from a planter
Rutherford b hayes
removed federal troops from South
Pless vs Ferguson established
separate but equal
Ida b wells
woman that led a campaign against lynching
Booker T washington
wanted to gain equality over time, long-term process to end racism
W.E.B. DuBois
co-founder of NAACP and pushed for equal treatment NOW
Battle of Ft. Sumter
(April 12, 1861) start of Civil War - South Carolina takes the Union fort there. -quickest, least bloodiest battle in the CW
