Unit 5 Primary Sources Flashcards
Habeus Corpus
Author: *By the President of the United States (Lincoln)
Date: 1862
Terms: Lincoln, Lincoln’s Leadership, Election of 1860
States that all disloyal citizens or conspirators in anti-union activities (such as aiding rebels) may be sentenced to prison. Also, rejects the writ of habeus corpus while during the “southern insurrection.” Is considered controversial because the writ of habeus corpus is one of the defining rules and orders in the US, so removing this law would create significant friction among citizens.
The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track
Author: Currier & Ives
Date:1864
Terms: General McClellan, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant
General McClellan is trying to get Lincoln to stop Grant from crushing the South (Jefferson Davis) as portrayed by weak dogs on a train track in front of Grant–who is a much larger bull dog.
$200 Reward! For Runaway Slaves
Author: G. D. Williams
Date: 1860
Terms: Fugitive slave act, paternalism
A poster describing two runaway slaves, Jack and Jim, describes them in a rather derogatory way and suggests where they may be heading. $100 ea. if recovered out of state, $50 ea. if recovered in state. The address of the slave owner is also in the bottom of the poster.
Fugitive Slave Act
Author:
Date: 1850
Terms: Compromise of 1850, Mexican-American War, Henry Clay
Was a law passed under the “Compromise of 1850” and served as northern concession to the south, in addition to admitting slavery in Texas. Created great controversy among the abolitionists and strengthened the underground railroads cause.
The Gettysburg Address
Date: 1863
Author: Lincoln
Terms: election of 1860, Lincoln’s Leadership, Gettysburg Address,
A famous speech in which Lincoln addresses the people and expresses his desire for resolve to the southern insurrection. Five different copies were written in order to relate different things to the people he wrote them to.
The Impending Crisis of the South
Author: Hinton Rowan Helper
Date: 1857
Terms: abolitionism, southern identity, king cotton, slavery
An extremely politically controversial book, the Impending Crisis in the South stressed the declining economic trend of slavery using census statistics. Ultimately, Helper made known his views that slavery was an inefficient and wasteful institution that was crippling the south and not aiding it.
South Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession
Author: South Carolinian Convention
Date: 1860
Terms: Nullification Crisis, Tariff of 1824, Election of 1860
Justified their succession from the union based on their treatment by the federal government and defiling of states rates that they experienced (ex. tariff of 1824/32 & the Nullification crisis). States that a previous convention in 1852 forbore their right to succession and it the lack of any improvements in their conditions has led them no other options than to leave the union.
On the Irrepressible Conflict
Author: William Henry Seward
Date: 1858
Terms: Lecompton Controversy, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Bleeding Kansas
The Democratic Party at the time existed only to further the cause of the Southern plantation owners. Free labor and slave labor cannot coexist, as America develops and expands, new events and changes in society challenge the coalition and create friction between the different regions.
“The Union as it was/ The Lost Cause, worse than slavery.”
Author: Thomas Nast
Date: 1874
Terms: Reconstruction, Ku Klux Klan, failure of the reconstruction
This illustration relates the struggles and discrimination that continued to be forced upon African Americans post civil war due to organizations that opposed the reconstruction movement like the Ku Klux Klan and the White Leatgue.
“The First Vote”
Author: Alfred R. Waud
Date: 1867
Terms: Radical Republicans, Congressional reconstruction
After the civil war and during the reconstruction movement, the fifteenth amendment ratified the constitution and allowed all male citizens the right to vote, thereby giving African Americans participation in the political process. This illustration shows a line of Black men voting.
“The Man with the (Carpet) Bags”
Author: Thomas Nast
Date: 1872
Terms: failure of the reconstruction, radical republicans
Also during the reconstruction movement, this illustration depicts a politician heading to the south in search of financial and political opportunities. This also relates to the radical republicans that wanted to protect African American freedoms and the gains of the civil war.
