History Unit 6

What is sectionalism?

The favoring or loyalty to one section/region of the country instead of the entire country

What land was there debate over slavery about?

The land from the Mexican Cession

What is the Wilmot Priviso

Northerners created this to try and outlaw slavery

Who created the compromise of 1850

Henry Clay

What was the compromise of 1850

1. California=free state

2. Rest of MX Cession=popular sovereignty

3. Tx would give up land east of the upper rio grande but gov would pay off all debts

4. Slave trade would end

5. Fugitive Slave Act is passed

What is the Fugitive Slave Act

-It’s now a crime to help slaves run to free states and required the northern states to return all slaves

What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Many ppl in the north wanted to protest slavery after the FSA was passed, so Hariett Beecher Stowe wrote this. Many people became abolitionists bc of it

Who won the election of 1852

Frankin Pierce, was a democrat

What was the Kansas Nebraska act

It created Kansas and Nebraska, and the new states that get added could now vote on the issue of slavery or not

What was bleeding Kansas

a series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory, acting as a precursor to the Civil War, caused by the struggle to determine whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state

what fight happened in congress

Senator Charles Sumner insulted senator Butler. Butler’s relative was mad, so he used his walking cane to hit Sumner leaving him unconscious

What happened is Dred Scott vs Sanford

Dred Scott had lived in 2 free places before so he sued because he said that he should be free, but the did not rule in favor of him

what was the Lincoln-Douglass debate (Illinois senator)

Abraham Lincoln was from the Republican Party and Stephen Douglas was from the Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas won.

Did the Republican Party support or oppose slavery?

They opposed

Who won the prez election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln

Who was mad about Abe becoming prez

Southern states, South Carolina seceded, and many followed after

What did the southern states form?

The confederacy

Battle of fort Sumter

1861- First battle, confederates fired on union fort, union surrenders and war begins

Battle of bull run

1861- First major land battle, confederates got reinforcements after being down and then won

Battle of Shiloh

1862- one of the bloodiest battles, showed how deadly war would become. Union gained upper hand after counterattacking the confederate’s surprise attack. U gained control of Mississippi River territory

Battle of Antietam

1862- The bloodiest single day battle in US history. Lee invaded the U, but U fought back, Abe Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation

Battle of Vicksburg

1863- U gained control of Mississippi River which split the confederacy into 2 parts.

Battle of Gettysburg

1863- Major turning point, U stopped confederate invasion, one of the bloodiest battles

Sherman’s march to sea

1864- Military campaign, Sherman marched from Atlanta to Savannah. tried to cripple the C’s by destroying everything.

Battle of Appomattox court house

1865- Final major battle, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. Ended the civil war (U victory)

North advantages before the war

More factories, railroads, telegraphs, more weapons, higher population, etc.

South advantages before the war

Smart military commanders and strategists, and battles fought mostly on their land

What was it like after the civil war

farms and towns destroyed, south is in devastation, confederate money is worthless, etc.

What is Lincoln’s plan

to make the union unite again, so he wanted it to be easy fro southern states to come back to the US.

What were Lincoln’s requirements for his plan, and what happened

if 10% of votes swore loyalty to the union, congress disagreed, and he was assassinated before his plan could be carried out.

What is “40 acres and a Mule”

A promise William Sherman gave to slaves in the south (was gonna give them land)

What is Freedman’s bureau

Provided food, education, and many things to assist slaves and poor white men

Who became the president after Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

What was Andrew Johnson’s plan

Gave a new governor to each Confederate state, they would have to revise their constitutions, and they have to ratify the 13th amendment

What were black codes

Laws designed to restrict rights of African American’s

Who were radical republicans

Group of Republicans, who wanted to take a harsher approach to reconstruction they believed that the south should be punished for the Civil War.

What was the Reconstruction Act of 1867

Laws passed by radical republicans, divided the south into 5 military districts governed by a U general

Who was elected in the 1868 election

Ulysses S. Grant