Civil War / Construction Flashcards
Reform
make changes in
Nativist
Relating to or supporting the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
Steam Engine
It was a simple device that used boiling water to create mechanical motion to be utilized in useful work.
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums
Co-Education
the education of students of both sexes together.
Abolitionist
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Casualty
a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Revolt
rise in rebellion.
Prohibition
Prohibition went into effect on January 17, 1920, officially banning the “manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors” for beverage purposes in America. No law, however, could suddenly transform the United States into a country of teetotalers. …
Three Fifths Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Reform Movement
A reformative social movement advocates for minor changes instead of radical changes. For example revolutionary movements can scale down their demands and agree to share powers with others, becoming a political party
Revolt
a renouncing of allegiance (as to a government or party) especially : a determined armed uprising. : a movement or expression of vigorous dissent
Underground railroad
The Underground Railroad—the resistance to enslavement through escape and flight, through the end of the Civil War—refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott decision was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on March 6, 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an enslaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom. In essence, the decision argued that, as someone’s property, Scott was not a citizen and could not sue in a federal court.
Bleeding Kansas
Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas.
Union Troops
Definitions of Union Army. the northern army during the American Civil War. type of: army, ground forces, regular army. a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state.
