Module 3 Civil War Pt 1 Military History

years of the civil war

1861-1865

what was the free soil party made to combat

slavery

what was the saying of the free soil party

“free soil,free speech, free labor,free men”

during 1800 and 1860 how many slaves were brought to plantations 

800,000

Underground Railroad 

• Secret network of people who aided slaves running away to the north 

Harriet Tubman -

a runaway slave ( known as a conductor ) made 19 trips and helped 300 slaves escape

Compromise of 1850 

Admitted California as a free state

 “popular sovereignty”

state can choose to have slavery or not

•  Fugitive Slave Law 

• Allowed for a large fine for anybody to resist or refuse to assist in recapture of suspected runaways 

Kansas - Nebraska Act 

• Created two new territories Kansas and Nebraska

• John Brown

 , attacked and killed 5 proslavery men, tried to start slave rebellion 

what was bleeding summer

• Massachusetts senator charles sumner gave 2 day long long speech bashing those in the Senate that supported slavery 

• He was particularly abusive towards South Carolina Senator Andre Butler 

• The next day, Congressman Preston Brooks who was the nephew of South Carolina’s Andrew Butler, attackedSumner and beat him over the head until it broke 

who founded the Republican party

Horace Gressley

what 2 things did the Republican party oppose

slavery and the kansas nebraska Act

what is the dred Scott case ?

• Missouri slave that had lived free territory of Illinois for 7 years 

• Master died and he wanted to be declared free  

• he wasn’t Declared free 

• MIssouri Compromise was formed

Harpers Ferry 

• unsuccessful Attempt to capture federal armory in  Virginia and distribute arms to slaves to start rebellion 

• started by John Brown 

what happened to Abe Lincoln in the election of 1860

Doesn't win a single electoral vote from the south

who is the first state to secede from the union on December 20, 1860 

South Carolina 

what did the confederacy believe about each state 

sovereign and independent 

who was the president of the confederacy

Jefferson Davis

what battle started the civil war

battle of fort Sumter

what was the strategy of the North to win the civil war 

Anaconda Plan

• Blockade southern ports 

• Seize mississippi river and split confederacy in wto 

• Capture confederate Richomnd , Virginia 

what was the south’s plan to win the civil war

• Defend itself 

• Attack union if opportunity arises 

what were the advantages of the Union Army

more Industrialized 

   -97% of firearm production was made in the north

- 70% the of railroads

-Possessed more natural resources (iron and coal)

what were the advantages of the confederate army ?

Were fighting for their way of life

-Immense size of South made it difficult to take over

-Economy dependent on slaves allowed white population to be mobilized for war

what was the Battle of Bull Run

• Confederate army gains upper hand after being inspired by General Thomas J.Jackson (“Stonewall Jackson” )

• South’s first victory of the war

what was the date that the declaration of independence was adopted

July 4,1776

Years of revolutionary war 

1775-1783

Years of war of 1812 

1812-1815

Years of mexican american war 

1846-1848