Chap 15+16 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Where did the slaves come from?
Liberia
What was the Nat Turner revolt?
Black preacher who stirred up slaves to kill owners but then killed all of the owner’s families
Election of 1848 democrats came up with what?
Popular sovereignty
Who won the election of 1848?
General Zachary Taylor
1852 Franklin pierce wins over who in presidential debate?
Gen. Winfield Scott
Matthew Perry negotiated what?
A treaty to open trade up with Japan
What happened during the Dredd Scott case?
Scott’s owner died after taking him to Missouri he was technically free. He sued for freedom. But court said he had no rights to sue so he could not. Missouri compromise said slaves could go there without being free.
Lincoln Douglass debate?
“Little Giant”- Douglass 5’4”
“Honest Abe”- Lincoln 6’4”
Douglass won
Who wrote “The Impending Crisis of the South?”
Hinton Rowan Helper
Who did the republicans choose for president I the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina Vice President who seceded from Union.
Calhoun
All southern states but who go to Alabama to form confederate govt?
Texas
Jefferson Davis wanted to make what in south?
All taxes and protective tariffs prohibited.
What did confederacy take once Lincoln was inaugurated?
Property, forts, arsenals, custom houses, post offices, and New Orleans mint with 500,000 dollars in gold and silver.
Makes Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. President of United States 16th. First president to be elected a new Republican Party. Lost to Stephen Douglas in senator debate in Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln
Resides confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama. President of the south. Runs from Richmond before gets captured by union.
Jefferson Davis
Confederate General, lead the bloodiest day of the war, battle of Antietam, it was in the fall of 1863. Brilliant for strategy. Best Friend was stonewall Jackson. Ran from battle at Gettysburg. Surrenders at Appotomax courthouse.
Robert E Lee
Mexican war hero.known as unconditional surrender grant. Best general in union. Made Robert E Lee surrender to him humbly. Most successful general. Became president of United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
Generals of the South
General Boligaurd, general Johnston, general Thomas Jackson, general Albert Johnson, General Robert E Lee, general Bragg, General hood
Confederate victories
Battle of Fort Sumter, battle of bull run, battle of the ironclads, Second battle of Bull Run, battle of Fredericksburg, battle of Chancellorsville, battle of chickaragua
Why is Abraham Lincoln so adamant that the union not be split?
He knows that war would follow.
Five strengths of Confederate.
- Help of foreign countries
- Outdoor life with guns, weapons, horses etc.
- Slaves fought for south.
- Ready for conflict with forts
- Defended homeland in south
Union strengths.
- Skilled laborers and factories
- A lot more money than south
- 22 million people V. 9 million
- 23 states the north V. 11 states in south
- More resources
How many slaves came back from Liberia at a time?
4,000
