Unit 3 All Flashcards
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What was Ailment Proviso?
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A ban on slavery in any territories gained in the war of Mexico
2
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Who said “our government is a government of white men”
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John C. Calhoun
3
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Which party supported access to public lands and to give lands to poor farmers
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Free Soilers
4
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Were the free soilers abolitionists?
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No
5
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Which party won broad support of white farmers
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Free Soilers
6
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Which party held the ideal of Jefferson’s free holder society?
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Free Soilers
7
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What was the name of the nativist party?
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Know Nothings
8
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What party replaced the whigs?
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The Republican Party
9
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What party was formed when then Whigs and Free Soilers combined
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The Republican Party
10
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Who was the 12th president of the United States?
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Zachary Taylor
11
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“Old Rough and Ready”
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Zachary Taylor
12
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Where did the 49ers get their name?
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The year of the gold rush - 1849
13
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What settled mining disputes during the gold rush?
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Claims clubs
14
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What was the Foreign Miners Tax?
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Charged Latino and Asian Miners
15
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Who was mainly exploited during the gold rush?
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Native Americans
16
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After the gold rush died out, what did Californians turned to
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Wheat
17
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In California originally, there were 20,000 native Americans. How many were left after the gold rush?
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3,000
18
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What compromise consisted of 5 laws about slavery?
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Compromise of 1850
19
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What state was free under the compromise of 1850?
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California
20
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What compromise resolved a boundary issue between New Mexico and Texas in favor of New Mexico
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The compromise of 1850
21
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What treaty affirmed the Rio Grande boundary to El Paso as the international boundary
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
22
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What compromise abolished the slave trade in British Columbia
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Treaty of 1850
23
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What treaty organized the rest of the conquered Mexican lands into New Mexico and Utah that left slavery in the hands of the residents
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Treaty of 1850
24
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How was slavery decided in New Mexico and Utah
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popular sovereignty
25
What compromise included the Fugitive slave act
The compromise of 1850
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What act set up federal courts to determine the legal status of alleged runaways
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
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What did abolitionists illegally do to counter the Fugitive Slave Act
Protected fugitives/runaways
28
What case nullified the Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Case
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What was the underlying message of the Dred Scott Case?
Black people are not people
30
What were slaves new status in a free state after the Dred Scott Case
Slaves
31
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Was Harriet Beecher Stowe an abolitionist or pro-slavery?
An abolitionists
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What did the play Uncle Tom's Cabin depict?
A family torn apart due to slavery
34
Who does "This is the little woman who started the big war" refer to?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
35
Who was the democrat representative in the 1852 election?
Franklin Pierce
36
Who supported trans-pacific policy to trade with Japan
Franklin Pierce
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What didi the Treaty of Kanagawa allow the US to do?
Refuel at Japanese ports
38
Which purchase allowed a rail line fro New Orleans to LA
Gadsden Purchase
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Who oversaw the Gadsen Purchase?
Franklin Pierce
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What was the name for private military expeditions
Filibustering
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T/F: Franklin Pierce did not support filibustering
False
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What policies did Franklin Pierce hold?
Colonialist
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What was the name of the writing that urged Pierce to seize Cuba by force
Ostend Manifesto
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T/F: Frankling Pierce was a president
False
45
Why did many Irish immigrate to the US
Potato famine
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What was the nicknames for immigration ships from Ireland
"Coffin Ship"
47
How many Irish immigrants dye at sea
10%
48
What is chain migration
One person establishes life then sent for neighbor or family back home
49
How did US succeed off of immigrants?
used work of wage-working immigrants to grow economy
50
What is the name for anti-catholicism
Nativism
51
Were nativists pro or anti immigrants?
anti
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What 2 reasons were there for nativist hostility toward immigrants
Taking their jobs and spoiling their culture
53
What political party did Irish support?
Republicans
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T/F: Germans supported abolitionists
True
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What party was anti immigration and anti slavery
Know-Nothing Party
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Why was there resentment for catholicism in America?
Too similar to a monarchy
57
What was the law that divided Indian Great Plains to Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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How was slavery decided in Kansas and Nebraska under the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Popular soverignty
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What state rushed into Kansas to skew the vote
Missouri and New England Emigrant Aid Society
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What was the philosophy that led to Bleeding Kansas
Guerrilla warfare and starting fire with fire
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Who won the election of 1857
Buchanan
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What party was Buchanan
Democrat
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What two territories did Buchanan want?
Kansas and Cuba
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What war did Buchanan take part in?
The Mormon War
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What did Buchanan want to do regarding the Missouri Compromise?
Expand the border to California
66
What did Lincoln want in terms of slavery in Mexican territory?
He did not want it
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What political party was Lincoln originally?
A Whig
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What political party did Lincoln become?
A Republican
69
What did the House divided speech predict
The civil war.
70
What was the name for a group of Antebellum South who urged the separation of southern states?
Fire-eaters
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T/F: Lincoln beat Douglas for a seat in the Senate
False
72
How long did Lincoln-Douglas debates last?
Hours
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Even though Douglas beat Lincoln, what did the Lincoln-Douglas debates give Lincoln?
Respect
74
What was the first battle of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
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What was the name of the battle where confederates first attacked after seceding?
Battle of Fort Sumter
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What was the name for an assault by an armed band of abolitionist on a Federal Army.
Raid on Harper's Ferry
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Who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry
John Brown
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Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
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Who wanted economic sanctions and naval blockades of the southern ports?
General Winfield Scott
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Which general led the confederacy in the Battle of Shiloh?
General P.G.T Beauregard
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Who was McDowell's replacement after the battle of Bull Run?
General George McClellen
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Which general helped secure Richmond?
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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Who was the confederate army leader?
General Robert. E Lee
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Who was the final leader of the union army, who used "hard war" tactics?
General Ykyssess S Grant
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Who was the Native American who fought for the Confederacy
General Stand Watie
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Who was the president of the Union who used very aggressive military tactics?
Abraham Lincoln
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Who commanded Union naval fleets that stuck the confederacy at the Gulf of Mexico?
David Farragut
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Which union general, former 1856 presidential candidate, freed slaves held by Missouri confederates?
General Fremont
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Which general replaced McClellan, but resigned due to his great incompetence?
General Burnside
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Who murdered African Americans at Fort Pillow, and later formed the Klu Klux Klan
Nathan Forest
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Who led confederate raiders and burned down the "free state" town of Lawrence, Kansas.
William Quantrill
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Who led confederates against General George Meade in the battle at cemetery ridge?
General George Pickett
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Who led the union in the battle of cemetery ridge, but let the confederates flee, infuriating Lincoln.
General George Meade
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Who was the first general to use scorched earth policy?
General Sherman
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Which general was ordered to used scorched earth policies to punish confederate raiders?
General Sheridan
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Which confederate general abandoned the city of Atlanta?
General Hood
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Which battle took place at a Virginia railroad function?
Battle of Bull Run
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Who won the battle of bull run?
The confederates
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Which battle that took place at a small church in Tennessee, and had more deaths than all previous battles combined
Battle of Shiloh
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Who won the battle of Shiloh?
Union
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Which battle that took place near a creek was the deadliest day in American history?
Antietam
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Who won the battle of Antietam?
Union
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What were the names of the confederate victories that eroded northern support for the war?
Battle of Fredericksburg
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Who won at the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Confederate
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In which battles did northerners surround the town for 9 months, then laid siege on it?
Battle of Vicksburg
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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
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Who won the battle of Vicksburg?
Union
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Who won the battle of Gettysburg
Union
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What was the final battle of the civil war that resulted in Lee fleeing Richmond
Battle of Petersburg
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Who won the battle of Petersburg
The Union
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T/F: Lincoln originally rejected the emancipation proclamation
True
112
Why did Lincoln wait to write the emancipation proclamation?
Waited for a union sucess
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When was the official Emancipation Proclamation passed?
New Years Day 1863
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T/F: The emancipation proclamation immediately abolished slavery
False
115
What allies did the Union get after the Emancipation Proclamation
Britain and France
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Why was West Virginia formed?
Broke off from Virginia to join the union
117
What was the name for the legal instrument that protected citizens from arbitrary arrest
Habeas Corpus
118
What controversial constitutional policy did Lincoln suspend?
Habeas Corpus
119
What law resulted in the government giving cheap land to settlers moving west?
The Homestead Act
120
What was the paper money of the union called?
Greenbacks
121
What war tactic allowed armies to rampage through towns?
Hard War
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Who used Hard War tactics, the Union or the Confederacy?
Union
123
What amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th amendment
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Who assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
125
How many days after he assassinated Lincoln did Booth die?
8
126
Where did the civil war officially end
Appomattox court house
127
What caused the end of the civil war
Lee's surrender at Appomattox courthouse
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Who documented the civil war in photographs
Mathew Brady
