Chapter 14 Flashcards

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1849, this state wanted to be a non slave state; upset balance of power in senate between n and s

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California

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Two parties- democrats and Whigs each selected a candidate; d- Senator Lewis vs w- Zachary Taylor , Taylor won

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Election of 1848

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California free state ; enforced the Fugitive slave law

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Compromise of 1850

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1850, Massachusetts man who’s opinion was important, backed the union “not as a northerner or a Mass. Man but an American man “seventh of March”

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Daniel Webster

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Part of compromise of 1850 , made hiding slaves against the law

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Fugitive slave law

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A section of secret routes leading up North for slaves

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Underground Railroad

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An escaped slave from Maryland that led 300 states to freedom in the 1850s

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Harriet Tubman

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Abolitionist who wrote novel “uncle toms cabin” dramatized cruelty of slavery , used her friends to help write

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Bill that created two new territories

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Kansas-Nebraska act

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Man who’s owner died , went to court . Judge said not citizen therefore can’t sue . Property of owner , Supreme Court ruled against him and led to this

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Dred Scott decision

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Abolitionist who raided Kentucky and led men to try to kill slaves’ families

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John Brown and Harpers ferry

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First republican president of us , ended slavery/civil war

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Abraham Lincoln

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Leader of confederacy , withdrawn from Union , returned to everyday life then was asked to be pres of confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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1861-1865 , first battle at fort Sumter in charleston , Jefferson Davis leader of confederacy vs Abraham Lincoln, leader of union

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Civil war

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Fought at Manassas junction near a creek called bull run , south on this first MAJOR battle

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The first battle at bull run

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Confederate general who earned his nickname because he stood like a stonewall , never gave up in battle

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Stonewall Jackson

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Christian general of union , man of prayer , later became general of the south but freed his slaves

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Robert e lee

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North tactic with 4 points - 1) naval blockage of southern coastline 2) control of miss river 3) Control tenn river valley 4) capture confederate capital @ Richmond

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Anaconda plan

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Union Gen. who captured the river outpost of Fort Henry and for Daniels Donelson; wanted nothing but saved to be free, unconditional surrender

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Ulysses S Grant

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Bloodiest battle 23,000 casualties in one day; Kansas

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Battle of Antietam

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Written by Linkin; freedom of the slaves in states that seceded from the union; black troop to join the union

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Pennsylvania, three day battle; Lee knew a victory was needed, 7000 died, union one led to Gettysburg address

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Help soldiers in union provided with food clothing coffee and Bible

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United States Christian commission

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Town were surrender of Civil War, Lee to grant

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Appomattox Courthouse

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Said that man a certain age had to join the military without choice
draft system
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Army medical nurse, establish Berlind missing people, helped organize American Red Cross
Clara Barton
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600,000 many men were permanently injured as well this is the cause of what war
Civil War
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10% plan, 13th amendment, Friedmans borough were all part of what
The Lincoln plan
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Outlaw slavery, reestablish government required to ratify, outcome of Civil War
13th amendment
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Set up by government to provide relief for both blacks and whites who lost everything in war
Freedman's borough
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John Wilkes Booth shot him in a theater on April 14, 1865 this was who's assassination
Abraham Lincoln
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Made Freedmen citizen of the US and attempted to safeguard their civil rights like voting, 1866
14th amendment
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Divided Confederacy into five military districts and appointed military officers with power to govern each district, state could be readmitted to union if they guarantee blacks the right to vote +13th and 14th amendment
Reconstruction act of 1867
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Became president after Lincoln died face problems with the radical Republicans reconstructed union and was the first president to be impeached from his presidency but was not kicked out of White House
Andrew Johnson
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Pres. 1869 through 1877, simplified with South, lacked discernment
Ulysses S Grant
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Is the federal and state government from denying a person to vote because of race
15th amendment
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Ended reconstruction and south, federal money given for economic development in the south
Compromise of 1877
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Founded by Booker T. Washington, black University in Alabama
Tuskeegee Institute
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Born slaves, founded Tuskeegee Institute, wrote up from slavery, Christian
Booker T. Washington
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Said example at Hampton University, pioneer for multiracial vocational training throughout South
Gen. Samuel see Armstrong
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Both sides suffered great losses in this battle. South was about to win when Union troops arrived
Shiloh Tennessee
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Gen. A.e Burnside attempt to capture this place in battle Lee and Jackson defeated Union troops
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Three minute speech given by Lincoln focused on heroism and tragedy shared by both north and south Plus the possibility of an even stronger union
Gettysburg address
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Union forces defeated the Confederate Army , now Union troops could invade Georgia
Battle at Chattanooga
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Union Gen. Who Marched from Tennessee through Georgia to the Carolinas
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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Notes that could be redeemed after a period of time for their purchase value plus interest
War bonds
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Paper currency backed by nothing but the governments promise to redeem in gold/silver and a future time
Greenbacks
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Western part of Virginia Allied themselves with the union when Virginia seceded from the union, Admitted to the union in 1863
West Virginia