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| The issue of State's rights, South Fears North will gain majority in senate, Q's of slavery in territories divide the North and South, North hates Fugitive Slave Laws, Southern states seceded, After Lincoln's election Confederates bombarded Ft. Sumter | ||
| Compromise of 1850-(1)California is a free state,(2)Utah and New Mexico decide if they are free or slave,(3)Slaves not sold in D.C.,(4)Slavery legal in D.C.,(5)Fugitive Slave Law Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854-Popular sovereignty, 4 new territories, as soon as they decid they would become states and then build railroads across them | ||
| "Bleeding Kansas"-Led group of anti-slavery New Englanders to a pro slavery convention near Pottawatomie Creek and dragged 5 men out of their beds and killed them with swords. Harpers Ferry-led 22 men to attack a ferderal arsenal at Harper's Fairy and was captured by Col. Robert E. Lee | ||
| North(advantages)-stonger economy, twice the population of South South(advantages)-most of the battles are fought on southern soil North(disadvantages)- South(disadvantages)-Cotton trade with Britain lost, North blockade creates shortage in the south | ||
| Once Lincoln was elected, South Carolina secceded from the Union and then 7 other states followed South Carolina in secceding. | ||
| Seeing the elephant- how battles are named-North(geographical features) South(Name of town nearby) dog tags-identified soldiers conscription 7 draft riots- Anaconda Plan-Plan to use a blockade and soldiers to cut off the south from the Mississippi River, cutting the south in two. Billy Yank & Johnny Reb- Dixie & Battle Hym of the Republic- | ||
| first major battle of the war. Both sides unprepared. Confederates win, create "Stonewall" Jackson. Irwin McDowell is Union commander | ||
| McClellan wins a draw and Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation. Little Mac fired | ||
| Union General Ambrose Burnside is defeated by Robert E. Lee | ||
| Greates Confederate victory, Union General Joseph hooker loses nerve, death of Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Turning point of the war- major Union victory- High tide of the Confederacy | ||
| Grant forces surrender to the Confederate forces on July 4th | ||
| Sherman led his troops on a march from Atlanta to Savannah | ||
| Official Southern surrender to the North. Surrendered on April 12, 1865, four years to the day of the start of the war. | ||
| delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863 -dedicate union cemetery at Gettysburg. Idea: respect and pay tribute to the union dead who died so the others could continue a new birth of freedom in the US. | ||
| delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Jan.1 1863(all slaves in areas of rebellion freed) not a big effect (didn't control the South). | ||
| said if someone is arrested they get to be heard in court so they are being held lawfully | ||
| Trail for escaped slaves to go from slave states to anti-slavery Canada | ||
| Ran as the Vice President of Abraham Lincoln, wife taught him how to read write and do arithematic | ||
| 16th president. delivered E.P. and Gettysburg Address. | ||
| Confederate President | ||
| Abolishonist | ||
| Ran against James Buchanan in the election of 1856 | ||
| Wouldn't retreat at the battle of Bull Run, turned the tide of the battle and ended up defeating the Union | ||
| Commander of the Union Army, ended up forcing the Confederates to surrender at Appomatix | ||
| Commander of Confederate Army, regarded as greatest General in the whole Civil War | ||
| 1st woman to earn medical degree in US- helped train nurses | ||
| mental health reformer. Superintendent of army nurses | ||
| wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin | ||
| provided union supplies in camp and battle fields fromed American Red Cross | ||
| One of the most important leaders of the Underground railroad | ||
| would only take 10 percent of the population to pass a law in the state | ||
| Killed President Lincoln, Maryland actor with strong Southern sympathies | ||
| Civil War hero, became president, horrible drinking problem, talked with Lee at Appomatix to finalize the surrender of the South | ||
| Bill passed instead of Lincoln's 10% bill, this bill called for 50% of the population to make a law, Lincoln vetoed the bill | ||
| Democrats first elected William Henry Seward, but felt his views of anti-slavery were to strong, so they elected Lincoln as well, The Southern Democrats elected John C. Breckenridge, and the Northern Democrats elected Stephen Douglas | ||
| noted how slavery devided the nation, he also laid the groundwork for the effort to "bind up the nation's wounds." | ||
| A group of Southern conspirators in Washington, D.C. had worked a plan to kidnap Lincoln in exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war. The group was led by John Wilkes Booth. Booth revised plan after many failed attempts. He assigned members of his group to kill high Union officials. | ||
| Believed that the Civil War had been fought over the moral issue of slavery. | ||
| "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the US, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." | ||
| "all persons born or naturalized in the US... are citizens of the US and of the state wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the US; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws..." | ||
| states that no citizen may be denied the right to vote "by the US or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude" | ||
| First major federal relies agency in the US which helped black southerners adjust to freedom | ||
| Conquered Province: State Suicide: The Wade Davis Bill: Reconstruction plane passed by congress | ||
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| Commander of the first all black regiment the 54th Massachusetts Infantry | ||
| Led the Union army at the battle of Gettysburg against General Lee | ||
| General of the Union Army, He lead 62,000 Union soldiers on a march from Atlanta to Savannah, destroying every town and everything in his path. | ||
| Led the Union Army after General Burnside resigned. First Led them at the Battle of Chancellorsville | ||
| apointed by Lincoln to buil and command a new army. | ||
| He was the Whigs nominated candidate for the election of 1852. He lost to democratic nomine Franklin Pierce | ||
| Nickname given to Northern Republicans who moved to the South | ||
| Nickname for white southern Republicans | ||
| Laws that restricted freedmen's rights | ||
| Racist group started in 1866 to spread fear and terror over the south | ||
| 500 ex-Confederates who were pardoned and combined with white southerners to form a new bloc of Democratic voters | ||
| Was impeached for the wrong removal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton | ||
| put limit on President's power to hire and fire certain positions of his cabinet | ||
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| Congressman who led the charge to end President Johnson's term | ||
| ran against Rutherford B. Hayes in the election of 1876 | ||
| founder of the Republican Party, was a passionate abolitionist who sought voting rights for black Americans | ||
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| Won 1876 election by one vote, sent in federal troops to restore order to citys effected by the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 | ||
| Secretary of War who was fired by President Johnson | ||
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| was the first republican candidate in the 1860 election, but Republicans thought his views were to extreme | ||
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