Civil War + reconstruction Flashcards
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reform
to make changes in.
Nativity
an advocate or supporter
Steam Engine
performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
reform movement
advocates a change that will preserve the existing values but will provide improved means of implementing them.
suffrage
the right to vote in political elections.
Co-Education
the education of both male and female students at the same institution.
Abolitionist
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
causality
the connection between a cause and its result or consequence.
revolt
to rise up against the authority of a ruler or government
Prohibition
the action of forbidding something, especially by law.
three fifths compromise
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.
the underground railway
refers to the efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage
Dred Scott decision
invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Bleeding Kansas
sporadic violence existed in the territory since 1855.
union troops
the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states
confederacy
a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861
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
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Militia
a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
battle of fort Sumter
forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Less than two days later, the fort surrendered. No one was killed.
Battle of bull run
a stream running through the battlefield.
battle of Shiloh
Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior.
Antietam
that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater.