Civil War Powerpoint Notes

2nd Great Awakening time

1800s-1840s

great awakening focusing on already church members

1st

great awakening focusing on people not Christians, including Africans and native americans

2nd

preachers during 2nd Great Awakening

circuit riders

name for common sermon during 2nd great awakening

revival meetings

1st account of Africans brought to America

White Lion, 1619

process for determining which slaves would survive the trip departure

selection

slave ships would have to travel through this

Middle Passage

name of divider on slave ships that divided gender

barricado

ship in which 133 slaves were thrown overboard to get insurance, made it legal to kill infected slaves like animals

Zong

railroad slaves escaped through

The Underground Railroad

woman who helped free slaves through Underground Railroad, said she would either die or be free

Harriet Tubman

laws that made slaves be returned

Fugitive Slave Law

Was the Civil War fought over slavery

Yes

How many white Southerners owned slaves

25%

What “states rights” was the Civil War fought over?

right to own slaves

supreme court decision ruling taht enslaved people are property protected by law in every state

Dred Scott Decision

nickname for cotton

Old King Cotton

True or False: by 1860 cotton was exported more than all major products combined and slavery institutions were profitable than all others combined

True

Who won the election of 1860 causing the South to secede?

Abraham Lincoln

Confederacy president

Jefferson Davis

First fort taken by confederacy

Fort Sumter

years of Civil War

1861-1865

How many Americans died during the Civil War

over 600,000 

deadliest single day battle

Antietam

deadliest battle of Civil War, 3-days

Gettysburg

How many people died in Gettysburg?

50,000

one of LIncoln’s most famous speeches referencing men being created equal 

Gettysburg Address

Do historians think Lincoln was the Great Emancipator?

Mostly yes

lincoln’s personal wish

freedom for all men

Lincoln’s official duty

save the Union

abolitionist newspaper writer who criticized Lincoln for not ending slavery 

Horace Greeley

Greeley’s article criticizing Lincoln

The Prayer of Twenty Millions

What did Lincoln say was his top priority

saving the Union

If the CSA won..

slavery perpetually existed

when was the draft of Emancipation Proclamation written 

1861

acts that allowed government to free slaves as they were considered Confederate “property”

Confiscation Acts

proclamation that declared slaves in rebelling areas were freed

Emancipation Proclamation

names for black regiment

The “Fighting 54th” and The Glory Brigade

Lincoln’s opponent in election of 1864

McClellan

Did Lincoln win election of 1865

Yes

amendment ending slavery

13th Amendment

Where was the Confederacy surrendered

Appottomattox Court House

Reconstruction era

1865-1877

three groups during Reconstruction

carpetbaggers, scalawags, African Americans

infamous white supremacist group wanting to keep as much slavery as possible

KKK

Did the act to give freedmen 40 acres and a mule pass?

No

president of Reconstruction 

Andrew Johnson 

Where was Lincolcn assassinated

Ford’s Theatre

Lincoln’s assassin said this

“Sic semper Tyrannis” “As Always to tyrants”

these amendments are considered Lincoln’s legacy

13th, 14th, and 15th

why did the era of Reconstruction end?

Industrialization 

Manifest Destiny meaning

US belief to conquer whole continent

Indian Wars

1622-1892

Who did the NAtive Americans fight for duringthe American Revolution?

The British

What did the British do regarding the Native Americans in the Treaty of Paris

give up native lands

How many treaties with the Native Americans broken by US gov?

over 900

event in which natives forced to “relocate” 2,000-4,000/16,000 died

Trail of Tears

group that had culture clash involving tearing of the flesh ritual

the Sioux

African American soldiers who fought in Indian Wars

buffalo soldiers