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What’s lincolns message was in the Gettysburg address

To honor the soldiers who had given their lives out there. The ideals are worth dying for and it is up to the living to carry on the work of those who died to protect ideals.

Why did the Confederacy start to draft soldiers from ages 70 to 50?

the rising death tolls forced the Confederacy to enlist more soldiers.

Advantages of the confederacy?

They knew the confederacy better and they knew the way of the land. Most battles are on Confederate land. Adding on, Cash crops, good generals, strong military tradition, highly motivated soldiers, and more money initially.

Advantages of the Union

Larger population, more manufacturing, greater fighting power, higher food production, extensive railroad system, and availability of immigrants for enlistment.

Why were people in the North angry at the kansas-Nebraska Act- 

Kansas-Nebraska act made it possible for the Kansas and Nebraska territories open to slavery. The Missouri Compromise had prevented this from happening since 1820.

Why were the Southerners surprised when lincoln was elected?

Lincoln's name had not appeared on ballots in most southern states.

Habeas Corpus

The right not to be held in prison without specific charges of a crime.

Lincoln and his reasoning for suspending habeus corpus

because it was his response to the rioting by Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore Maryland. The Civil War riots because people in New York were angry with the draft. His main concern was safety for the people.

What Lincoln’s message was in the Gettysburg Address:

honor the soldiers who had given their lives during the war

What gave the western territories the right to request to enter the union as a free state?

Decision was left to the people and this was called popular sovereignty.

John Brown

A martyr who fought for abolitionism, killed slave owners, raided an arsenal, and died for his beliefs to bring attention to the abolitionist movement.

How did the governors order that only officers from Georgia can command Georgia’s troops? How can that demonstrate a problem for the South?

They sectionalized themselves. The Confederacy was not that united. Can’t organize itself.

Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

Authorized local governments to seize and return escaped slaves, imposing penalties on those aiding in their flight.

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Made it legal to arrest runaway slaves anywhere in the US, returning them to their owners and penalizing those who helped them.

Why does the Mexican succession intensifies debates about slavery? 

All eyes are on the west and questions about slavery are going to arise, asking if new western territories are going to be free or slave states.  The nation needed to decide whether slavery would be allowed in these new territories.

What is the Free Soil Party

The main goal of the Free-Soil Party was to keep slavery out of the western territories. Only a few Free Soilers were abolitionists who wanted to end slavery in the South.

Main goal of new republican party in 1850s.

The main goal of the Republican party was to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories.

Ulysses goal leading up to the battle of Shiloh 

total destruction of everything in the South total war. To destroy everything in sight. Grant was the commander of forces in the Union's western campaign. They wanted union control of Misissippi River

One purpose of the Compromise of 1850-  

allowed the addition of some free states and some slave states, strengthen the Fugitive Slave Act, and outlaw the slave trade, but not slavery in the nation's capital.

 How did the 1860 election reflect the growing sectional differences in the United States?

Lincoln won without any electoral votes from the South, reflecting growing sectional differences in the United States.

What impact did the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case have on life in the United States?

The Supreme Court ruling declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, denied rights to slaves, and further divided the North and South, contributing to the Civil War.

Explain how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin supported the abolitionist movement, and the reaction the book stirred.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel supported the abolitionist movement by exposing the evils of slavery and the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Act, stirring controversy and changing northern perspectives on slavery.

Why did the Confederates surrender at Appomattox? 

They were cornered and they were losing supplies. Rather than destroy his army and sacrifice the lives of his soldiers to no purpose, Lee decided to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia. Three days later, a formal ceremony marked the disbanding of Lee's army and the parole of his men, ending the war in Virginia.