Unit 5.2 Vocab

Crittenden’s Compromise

Refers to a failed compromise to prevent the Civil War. The compromise suggested to extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, protecting slavery in the south territories, and granting amendments to safeguard slavery, it ultimately however was rejected by congress.

Fort Sumter

Refers to the site of the first battle of the Civil War. It happened from April 12 to 13 in 1861 in Charleston South Carolina. Occuring after SC seceded from the union in 1860, they demanded that federal troops abandoned he fort. Union Major Robert Anderson refused, confederate forces began bombarding the fort.

Anaconda Plan

Refers to the Union strategy that included to make a naval blockade of southern ports, take control of the mississippi river, and gain a general advance on Confederate territory.

Copperheads

Refers to Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War, they rather wanted peace with the Confederates.

Confiscation Acts (first and second: you do NOT need to know the specific differences of each)

Refers to laws passed Congress during the Civil War to weaken the Confederacy and free enslaved people. The first confiscation act allowed the Union to seize property, including the enslaved who where used by the confederates to support the rebellion. The second confiscation act declared that all enslaved people who escaped to Union lines or were freed by the hands of the Union were to be free.

Emancipation Proclamation

Refers to the declaration issued by Lincoln in 1863 declaring that all enslaved people in Confederate held territories were to be set free.

Enrollment Act

Refers to a US Federal law that created the national draft during the Civil War.

New York City Draft Riots

Refers to the riots occuring in July of 1863 in response to the Enrollment Act. These riots were sparked by resentment towards the acts, especially by the fact that wealthy men could avoid the draft by paying.