American Pageant chapter 20 Flashcards

5786620213	Fort Sumpter	the confederate attack on this fort in April 1861 marked the beginning of the civil war-	0
5786620401	Border States	in the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri	1
5786620402	West Virginia	Became a state during the Civil War because the western counties of Virginia did NOT want to secede from the Union	2
5786620698	Trent Affair	In 1861 the Confederacy sent emissaries James Mason to Britain and John Slidell to France to lobby for recognition. A Union ship captured both men and took them to Boston as prisonners. The British were angry and Lincoln ordered their release	3
5786620699	The Alabama	A Confederate ship built in Britain and armed after it left port so it was not considered a warship when it left port. Displayed the main foreign intervention in the war, and because it never landed in a Confederate port it yielded Britain the naval base of the Confederacy.	4
5786621126	Laird Rams	Warships that were built in Britain to be given to the Confederacy, but were never used because Charles Francis Adams and the Union threatened war on Britain	5
5786621268	Dominion of Canada	the loose confederation of Ontario(upper Canada), Quebec(lower Canada), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, created by the British North America Act in 1867	6
5786621579	Writ of Habeas Corpus	A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person	7
5786621916	New York draft riots	July 1863 just after the Battle at Gettysburg. Mobs of Irish working-class men and women roamed the streets for four days until federal troops suppressed them. They loathed the idea of being drafted to fight a war on behalf of slaves who, once freed, would compete with them for jobs.	8
5786622091	Morrill tariff	Law passed to increase tariff rates and supersede the low Tariff of 1857 in an effort to help business because of poor economic conditions during the Civil War. The rates were gradually increased during and after the war, bringing in revenue to help pay for the war.	9
5786622416	greenbacks	Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver. Value would fluctuate depending on status of the war (plural)	10
5786622697	National Banking System	Network of member banks that could issue currency against purchased government bonds. Created during the Civil War to establish a stable national currency and stimulate the sale of war bonds	11
5786622698	Homestead Act	1862 - Provided free land in the West to anyone willing to settle there and develop it. Encouraged westward migration.	12
5786622961	US Sanitary Commission	Organization developed to provide medical supplies and assistance to Union armies in the field	13
5786623245	Charles Francis Adams	Minister to Great Britain during the Civil War, he wanted to keep Britain from entering the war on the side of the South.	14
5786623848	Napoleon III	(1852-1870)-The former Louis Napoleon, who became president of the Second Republic of France in 1848 and engineered a coup d'état, ultimately making himself head of the Second Empire.	15
5786626496	Maxmilian	Sent to Mexico by Napoleon III of France to	16
5786624593	Jefferson Davis	President of the Confederate States of America	17
5786624886	Elizabeth Blackwell	First woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.	18
5786624887	Clara Barton	Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.	19
5786625251	Sally Tompkins	Established a hospital for soldiers in Richmond, Virginia	20