Civil war Flashcards
(41 cards)
Reform
the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory,
Nativist
a person who urges the promotion of the interests of inhabitants born in a country over those of immigrants
Steam Engine
an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
Reform Movement
a group of individuals advocating for social change through the advancement of a common cause.
Suffrage
the right to vote, especially in a political election. A vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like.
Co-Education
the education of both male and female students at the same institution. coeducational.
Abolitionist
a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Casualty
a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because their whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
Revolt
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny
Prohibition
the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption.
Three Fifths Compromise
A compromise where every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the states population. Constitutional Convention. Leaders that came together to change the Articles of Confederation.
Underground Railroad
a system for helping African Americans fleeing slavery to escape into Canada or other places of safety.
Dred Scott Decision
1795?–1858, an enslaved Black man whose suit for freedom (1857) was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court (Dred Scott Decision ) on the grounds that enslaved Africans and their descendants were not citizens within the meaning of the Constitution and therefore could not sue in a federal court.
Bleeding Kansas
Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29
Union Troops
the northern army during the American Civil War
Confederacy
an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
Abraham Lincoln
Today Abraham Lincoln is widely recognized as one of the great American orators. He didn’t use lofty and verbose language, but rather Lincoln’s speeches were–and continue to be–powerful because they are clear and direct. His other trick was using very precise and powerful words
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was a celebrated veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), a U.S. senator from Mississippi (1847–1851; 1857–1861), secretary of war under U.S. president Franklin Pierce (1853–1857), and the only president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Secession
an act or instance of seceding.
Militia
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
Battle of Fort Sumter
opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom.
Battle of Bull Run
the first full-scale battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Shiloh
ended the Confederacy’s hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West.
Battle of Antietam
pitted Union General George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac against General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia.
