chapter 10 la and the civil war

abolitionist

a person who wants to get rid of or destroy slavery

enlist

a voluntary joining of the military

secede

withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization

campaign

a military objective for a specific goal

guerrilla

small military group that harasses or fights other people

states rights

the principle that the rights of individual states should prevail over the rights of the federal government

state's rights, slavery, economic differences, election of 1860

what are some causes of war

4/12/1861-4/9/1865

what date was the civil war

over 600,000

about how many people would die in the civil war

confederates, rebels, greycoats

what were people from the south known as

union, yankees, blue

what were people in the north known as

texas, la, arkansas, florida, missouri, alabama, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, and tennesse

list 11 confederate states

california, iowa, ohio, new york, illinois, michigan

list 6 union states

ironclad warships, primitive submarines, and the gatling gun

what were some new tools of the civil war

photographed

the civil war was the first national event to even be ____

1820 missouri compromise

which compromise was this: this compromise said there should be an equal balance of free and slave states

slave

in the missouri compromise, missouri would come in as a ____ state

free

in the missouri compromise, main would be a ____ state

compromise of 1850

which compromise was this: this compromise would let voters in that state decide if it would be a free or slave state

free

in the compromise of 1850 california entered as a ____ state

compromise of 1850

which compromise would be used for western territories

1854 kansas nebraska act

which act was this: would replace the missouri compromise

free

in the 1854 kansas nebraska act, nebraska came in as a ____ state

pro and anti slavery

in the 1854 kansas nebraska act, kansas was settled by both ____ and _____ people

bloody kansas

during the 1854 kansas nebraska act, a war would break out between kansas and nebraska which became known as “_________”

fugitive slave act

which act was this: ensured slave owners that they could reclaim their slaves if they escaped to a free state

john brown

who was a white antislavery person who killed pro slavery people to protest his hatred of slavery

kansas

john brown started his work in _____ at harpers ferry

uncle tom’s cabin

during the election of 1860, “_________” by harriet beecher stowe would start the spark of the civil war

sectionalism

_____ is when the US would be divided into separate ways of thinking

republican

in the election of 1860, antislavery people started the _____ party; this party did not exist in la

slavery

in the election of 1860, all candidates were split over the _____ issue

abraham lincoln

in 1860, ____ would become our next president and the issue over slavery would divide the democratic party

states rights and slavery

______ and _____ were the two biggest reasons for the civil war

north

the _____ (north or south) felt that states had no constitutional right to leave the union

south

the _____ (north or south) felt that states should be able to leave the union

south

the ____ (north or south) felt if there was a war, that it would be a quick and fast victory for them

north

the _____ (north or south_ had more soldiers and the factories to make weapons and supplies quickly

tariffs

if la would secede, it would lose the ____ on their sugar business from the north

south carolina

__________ would secede first on 12/20/1860 (december 20)

january 26, 1861

la would secede on _____

US mint

la would take over $600,000 from the ______ in New Orleans

fort jackson and fort st. phillip

la governor thomas moore would seize which two forts below new orleans?

weapons arsenal

thomas moore also took over the _______ in Baton Rouge

confederate

la would soon join the _____ states of america

jefferson davis

when la joined the confederate states of america, their president would be_____

judah benjamin

who would be called the “brains of the confederacy”

john slidell

who tried to get the european countries to help the confederates

braxton bragg, leonidas polk, richard taylor, and pgt beauregard

who were the 4 key generals la gave to the civil war

sumter

the civil war started on april 12, 1861 at fort ____ in south carolina

battle of shiloh

which battle was the 1st bloodiest battle for la troops

25,000

how many casualties were in the battle of shiloh

disease

during the battle of shiloh, ____ would kill many before they ever left to fight

supplies and food

during the battle of shiloh, lack of ____ and _____ were constant problems for the soldiers

bounty

confederates would pay a ____- a one time fee for soldiers to enlist

draft

after the battle of shiloh started, they used the ______ law

required any man of a certain age to enlist in the military

what was the draft law

substitute clause

the draft law had a ____- allowing a man to take someone’s place in the war

slaves

you were able to be exempt from fighting (in the draft law) if you owned 20 or more ____

rich mans war and a poor mans fight

soldiers called the civil war “______”

weapons, uniforms and medical supplies

some la factories started making ____, ______ and _______ during the civil war

salt

____ became very valuable in la during the civil war

factories

many women started working in ____ during the civil war