Hous Book 6 Cheat Sheet

Peculiar Institution

An euphemism about slavery; did “all men are created equal” apply to slaves?

Southern economy prior to Civil War

The overused soil lowered the production of Cash Crops which was the majority of their economy. They blamed laws made in the North for it.

John C. Calhoun

Adamant slave supporter. Thinks slavery is “positively good”

Pro/Anti-Slavery Tensions

Western lands that were founded caused tension among the South who wanted them to be slaves

Northern and Western Reasons for Relative Silence

Many Northerners didn’t support slavery

Southern States’ Secession

11 states seceded from the Union

Yankees

Federals

Beginning of the Civil War

The Civil War began in July of 1861

Types of Battle and War Used

Both sides continued using tactics from the olden days

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Connecticut born and extremely famous for writing the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” which describes the reality of slavery for slaves

Harriet Tubman

Known as Moses

William Henry Seward

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Believed in a “Higher law than the Constitution”

Stephen A. Douglass

Severe case of beer belly

Lincoln’s “Republican Party”

Replaced the Whig party and believed in a strong Central Government

Fugitive Slave Act

A law imposed on the North stating that all run-away slaves from the South must be returned.

Lincoln-Douglas Election Races

L and D would ride on railroads until the stop then debate.

Jefferson Davis

The Confederate President

Nat Turner

Nat Turner leads a revolt that kills 55 white people and 100 black people when the white people try to find him.

Thomas Jefferson’s Emancipation Plan

To slowly pay off the slaves from the Southerner Plantation owners.

Slavery Support in Southern States

¼ of the 1.5 million white families in the South enslaved people. 1/7 owned more than 10 slaves. The South still continued slavery since it could make money.

Anthony Burns

He was a fugitive slave, the South then had to spend 100,000 dollars in order to track him down and capture him.

John Brown & Harpers Ferry

John Brown and his fellas chose Harpers Ferry for a slave uprising. It was a strategic town spot: a gap in the mountains where the Potomac and the Shenandoah came together. They planned a guerilla war but failed since the slaves supposedly revolting with them didn’t come.

Confederate States of America

South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana,

West Virginia Statehood

WV became the 35th state because the people over the mountains didn’t agree with the plantation owners/others in the east of VA. They were small farmers that were loyal to the Union

Border States

The border states were Maryland

Lincoln’s Views on Slavery

Although Lincoln was anti-slavery he didn’t free the enslaved populations immediately. This was because if he freed the slaves

Fort Sumter

December 20

Generals Winfield Scott

George McClellan

Generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee

SJ was strict

British Role in Civil War

Britain was expected to support the South during the war because they bought Southern cotton and tobacco

Conscription

Being drafted or made to serve in the army.
Military Service Exceptions in the North and South

McClellan’s Richmond Campaign

McClellan targeted Richmond

Battle of Antietam(also called the Battle of Sharpsburg)

McClellan was lucky

Clara Barton

She visited homesick troops with food and other stuff. She saw the suffering at the Battle of Bull Run

Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863(officially accepted)

Lee’s Gettysburg Plans and Outcome

People were really eager to fight. They didn’t wait for their entire armies to show up. The rebels won the first day of fighting. The union was positioned on a ridge. It was a good place to be. One of the generals for the confederate army was lost. He went in the wrong direction

Grant's Siege of Vicksburg

Grant left his supply chain in Mississippi to move his army. He blockaded the river going into Vicksburg and gained control of the Mississippi river.

Gettysburg Address

A 2 minute speech to emphasize the honor upon the men who died at Gettysburg to allow the rest of the Union to continue fighting against slavery.

Southern vs Northern War Strategy

Southerners want to wear out the Northerners support of the war. Northerners want to end it quickly (or battle to gain support)

Battle of the Wilderness

A battle in the thick woods that set fire to the trees and killed Tens of thousands of MEN.

Grant and Petersburg

Grant creates pontoons across the James River and sieges Petersburg and Richmond for 10 months.

General William Sherman

TOTAL WAR BABY

Lincoln’s Reelection

McClellan ran against Lincoln

and Linc would have lost if not Sherman won/captured Atlanta

Linconn’s Attitude towards South Post-War

He said that the South was still an important part of the country

Reconstruction

Reconstruction is the rebuilding of the country after the war.

Nevada Statehood

Abe Linc made Nevada a state because he needed Congress votes and their support in the Civil War.

Appomattox Court House

Appomattox was a village on the frontier. A man named William McLean lived in a house called the Appomattox Court House. Lee surrendered to Grant in his parlor.
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Terms of Confederate Surrender

They keep the horses and sidearms but surrender the guns and receive amnesty.

Ely Parker

A native american man who became one of grants generals later.

Dr. John Swett Rock

A black man who became a lawyer and physician

John Booth

He is an actor who killed Abe Lincoln at Ford theater. Supposedly shouted sic semper tyrannis- meaning thus ever to tyrants

Southern Response to Lincoln Assassination

They were sad

Andrew Johnson

Bad president