Unit 3 All Flashcards
What was Ailment Proviso?
A ban on slavery in any territories gained in the war of Mexico
Who said “our government is a government of white men”
John C. Calhoun
Which party supported access to public lands and to give lands to poor farmers
Free Soilers
Were the free soilers abolitionists?
No
Which party won broad support of white farmers
Free Soilers
Which party held the ideal of Jefferson’s free holder society?
Free Soilers
What was the name of the nativist party?
Know Nothings
What party replaced the whigs?
The Republican Party
What party was formed when then Whigs and Free Soilers combined
The Republican Party
Who was the 12th president of the United States?
Zachary Taylor
“Old Rough and Ready”
Zachary Taylor
Where did the 49ers get their name?
The year of the gold rush - 1849
What settled mining disputes during the gold rush?
Claims clubs
What was the Foreign Miners Tax?
Charged Latino and Asian Miners
Who was mainly exploited during the gold rush?
Native Americans
After the gold rush died out, what did Californians turned to
Wheat
In California originally, there were 20,000 native Americans. How many were left after the gold rush?
3,000
What compromise consisted of 5 laws about slavery?
Compromise of 1850
What state was free under the compromise of 1850?
California
What compromise resolved a boundary issue between New Mexico and Texas in favor of New Mexico
The compromise of 1850
What treaty affirmed the Rio Grande boundary to El Paso as the international boundary
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What compromise abolished the slave trade in British Columbia
Treaty of 1850
What treaty organized the rest of the conquered Mexican lands into New Mexico and Utah that left slavery in the hands of the residents
Treaty of 1850
How was slavery decided in New Mexico and Utah
popular sovereignty
What compromise included the Fugitive slave act
The compromise of 1850
What act set up federal courts to determine the legal status of alleged runaways
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
What did abolitionists illegally do to counter the Fugitive Slave Act
Protected fugitives/runaways
What case nullified the Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Case
What was the underlying message of the Dred Scott Case?
Black people are not people
What were slaves new status in a free state after the Dred Scott Case
Slaves
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Was Harriet Beecher Stowe an abolitionist or pro-slavery?
An abolitionists
What did the play Uncle Tom’s Cabin depict?
A family torn apart due to slavery
Who does “This is the little woman who started the big war” refer to?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the democrat representative in the 1852 election?
Franklin Pierce
Who supported trans-pacific policy to trade with Japan
Franklin Pierce
What didi the Treaty of Kanagawa allow the US to do?
Refuel at Japanese ports
Which purchase allowed a rail line fro New Orleans to LA
Gadsden Purchase
Who oversaw the Gadsen Purchase?
Franklin Pierce
What was the name for private military expeditions
Filibustering
T/F: Franklin Pierce did not support filibustering
False
What policies did Franklin Pierce hold?
Colonialist
What was the name of the writing that urged Pierce to seize Cuba by force
Ostend Manifesto
T/F: Frankling Pierce was a president
False
Why did many Irish immigrate to the US
Potato famine
What was the nicknames for immigration ships from Ireland
“Coffin Ship”
How many Irish immigrants dye at sea
10%
What is chain migration
One person establishes life then sent for neighbor or family back home
How did US succeed off of immigrants?
used work of wage-working immigrants to grow economy
What is the name for anti-catholicism
Nativism
Were nativists pro or anti immigrants?
anti
What 2 reasons were there for nativist hostility toward immigrants
Taking their jobs and spoiling their culture
What political party did Irish support?
Republicans
T/F: Germans supported abolitionists
True
What party was anti immigration and anti slavery
Know-Nothing Party
Why was there resentment for catholicism in America?
Too similar to a monarchy
What was the law that divided Indian Great Plains to Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How was slavery decided in Kansas and Nebraska under the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Popular soverignty
What state rushed into Kansas to skew the vote
Missouri and New England Emigrant Aid Society
What was the philosophy that led to Bleeding Kansas
Guerrilla warfare and starting fire with fire
Who won the election of 1857
Buchanan
What party was Buchanan
Democrat
What two territories did Buchanan want?
Kansas and Cuba
What war did Buchanan take part in?
The Mormon War
What did Buchanan want to do regarding the Missouri Compromise?
Expand the border to California
What did Lincoln want in terms of slavery in Mexican territory?
He did not want it
What political party was Lincoln originally?
A Whig
What political party did Lincoln become?
A Republican
What did the House divided speech predict
The civil war.
What was the name for a group of Antebellum South who urged the separation of southern states?
Fire-eaters
T/F: Lincoln beat Douglas for a seat in the Senate
False
How long did Lincoln-Douglas debates last?
Hours
Even though Douglas beat Lincoln, what did the Lincoln-Douglas debates give Lincoln?
Respect
What was the first battle of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
What was the name of the battle where confederates first attacked after seceding?
Battle of Fort Sumter
What was the name for an assault by an armed band of abolitionist on a Federal Army.
Raid on Harper’s Ferry
Who led the Raid on Harper’s Ferry
John Brown
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who wanted economic sanctions and naval blockades of the southern ports?
General Winfield Scott
Which general led the confederacy in the Battle of Shiloh?
General P.G.T Beauregard
Who was McDowell’s replacement after the battle of Bull Run?
General George McClellen
Which general helped secure Richmond?
General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson
Who was the confederate army leader?
General Robert. E Lee
Who was the final leader of the union army, who used “hard war” tactics?
General Ykyssess S Grant
Who was the Native American who fought for the Confederacy
General Stand Watie
Who was the president of the Union who used very aggressive military tactics?
Abraham Lincoln
Who commanded Union naval fleets that stuck the confederacy at the Gulf of Mexico?
David Farragut
Which union general, former 1856 presidential candidate, freed slaves held by Missouri confederates?
General Fremont
Which general replaced McClellan, but resigned due to his great incompetence?
General Burnside
Who murdered African Americans at Fort Pillow, and later formed the Klu Klux Klan
Nathan Forest
Who led confederate raiders and burned down the “free state” town of Lawrence, Kansas.
William Quantrill
Who led confederates against General George Meade in the battle at cemetery ridge?
General George Pickett
Who led the union in the battle of cemetery ridge, but let the confederates flee, infuriating Lincoln.
General George Meade
Who was the first general to use scorched earth policy?
General Sherman
Which general was ordered to used scorched earth policies to punish confederate raiders?
General Sheridan
Which confederate general abandoned the city of Atlanta?
General Hood
Which battle took place at a Virginia railroad function?
Battle of Bull Run
Who won the battle of bull run?
The confederates
Which battle that took place at a small church in Tennessee, and had more deaths than all previous battles combined
Battle of Shiloh
Who won the battle of Shiloh?
Union
Which battle that took place near a creek was the deadliest day in American history?
Antietam
Who won the battle of Antietam?
Union
What were the names of the confederate victories that eroded northern support for the war?
Battle of Fredericksburg
Who won at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Confederate
In which battles did northerners surround the town for 9 months, then laid siege on it?
Battle of Vicksburg
Which was the northern most battle in the Civil war, other than the battle at shrute farms ofc, that led to the death of 50,000 and was a turning point in the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
Who won the battle of Vicksburg?
Union
Who won the battle of Gettysburg
Union
What was the final battle of the civil war that resulted in Lee fleeing Richmond
Battle of Petersburg
Who won the battle of Petersburg
The Union
T/F: Lincoln originally rejected the emancipation proclamation
True
Why did Lincoln wait to write the emancipation proclamation?
Waited for a union sucess
When was the official Emancipation Proclamation passed?
New Years Day 1863
T/F: The emancipation proclamation immediately abolished slavery
False
What allies did the Union get after the Emancipation Proclamation
Britain and France
Why was West Virginia formed?
Broke off from Virginia to join the union
What was the name for the legal instrument that protected citizens from arbitrary arrest
Habeas Corpus
What controversial constitutional policy did Lincoln suspend?
Habeas Corpus
What law resulted in the government giving cheap land to settlers moving west?
The Homestead Act
What was the paper money of the union called?
Greenbacks
What war tactic allowed armies to rampage through towns?
Hard War
Who used Hard War tactics, the Union or the Confederacy?
Union
What amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th amendment
Who assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
How many days after he assassinated Lincoln did Booth die?
8
Where did the civil war officially end
Appomattox court house
What caused the end of the civil war
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox courthouse
Who documented the civil war in photographs
Mathew Brady
