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Amnesty
Government pardon
Arsenal
Place where guns are stored
Black codes
Southern laws severely limiting the rights of AAs after the Civil War
Border State
Slave state that remained in the union during Civil War
Civil War
War between people of the same country
Draft
Law that requires ppl of certain age to enlist in military
Emancipate
To set free
Fugitive slave act
Law passed in 1850, required all citizens to aid in capture of runaway slaves
Habeas Corpus
The right not to be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
Impeach
Charge public official with a serious wrongdoing
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that separate ppl of diff races in public places in South
Martial Law
Rule by army instead of elected gov.
Popular Sovereignty (abbrv. pop.sov.)
In mid 1800’s, idea each territory could choose whether or not to allow slavery by vote
Reconstruction
Rebuilding of South after Civil War
Secede
Withdraw membership in a group
Segregation
Separation of pol based on racial, ethnic, or other differences
Sharecropper
Person who rents a plot of land from another person and farms it for a share of crop
Siege
Military blockade or bombardment of enemy town it position in order to force surrender
Total War
All out war affecting civilians and soldiers
Treason
Acts against one’s country
Who won the election of 1860 and which party was he from?
Abraham Lincoln; Republican
1st state to secede
South Carolina
Name of the country formed by seceding states
Confederate States of America (CSA)
Where and why were the first shots fired?
Fort Sumter; CSA strat for independence
What advantages did the Union have?
larger pop.
More factories
70% of nation’s railroads
Stronger navy
Lots of trading ships
What advantages did the CSA have?
fighting defensive war
Familiar w/ land
Often guided by friendly civilians
2 warships in first ironclad battle
CSS. Virginia and USS. Monitor
Single bloodiest day in US history
Antietam
Bloodiest battle of war
Gettysburg
How many Americans died in the war?
620,000
13th amendment
Abolished slavery
14th amendment
Gave AAs citizenships
15th amendment
Gave AA men voting rights
Which amendments were passed after the Civil war?
13,14,15
Missouri Compromise
proposed by Henry Clay
MO and ME admitted as states
No slaves above 36’30’N
Keep free and slave states =
Compromise of 1850
proposed by Clay, Calhoun, Webster
CA free state
MX cession divided into NM and Ut territories
No slave trade in WA D.C.
Fugitive Slave Law
Free Soil and Republican Parties
Both
wanted to stop spread of slavery
Free Soil Party
Members of Northern Dem. And Whigs
Republican Party
Members of all 3 parties
Kansas-Nebraska act
Proposed by Stephen Douglas
Pop. Sov.
KS and NE new territories
South=yes
North=no
Bleeding Kansas
led to violence
Pro/anti-slavery ppl move to KS to swat vote
Border Ruffians
pro-slavery ppl from MO who voted illegally
Anti-slavery rebel who killed 5 ppl
Lincoln and Douglas ran for this
US senate seat
What did each believe about slavery?
Douglas
pop.sov. for states but personally against it
Lincoln
stop spread of slavery, but personally thought it was moral wrong
Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates important?
Made Lincoln popular and helped him win election
First battle of Civil War
The Battle of Bull Run
Who won the Battle of Antietam?
The union won this battle
What pressures did Lincoln face before the war?
end the war in 90 days
Make war about abolition
Why was winning the Battle of Antietam significant?
remoralized North and swayed public opinion on war
Allowed Lincoln to deliver EP
Who wrote the EP?
Abraham Lincoln wrote the EP
When did EP go into effect? What did it do?
Freed slaves in rebelling states on Jan 1 1863
How did the EP solve some of Lincoln’s problems?
England and France back off bc they already have abolition
Gave war moral purpose
What was the Union Capital?
Washington D.C.
What was the capital of the CSA
Richmond, Virginia
Important Northern Generals
George Mclellan (1861-1862)
Ambrose Burnside (1862-1864)
Ulysses S. Grant (1864-1865)
Important Southern general
Robert E. Lee
Union Strat
blockade ports to cut off supplies
Capture Richmond
Seize MS river to split CSA in two
CSA Strat
Defensive war:don’t lose
Wait it out, hope Union gives up and European countries recognize it
Why did both sides have military draft?
soldier shortage
N=war unpopular
S=less pop.
Why were their riots in North esp NYC?
War was unpopular
Rich could pay poor to fight or pay off gov.
Ppl didnt want to enlist
Why was siege of Vicksburg significant?
Union gained control of MS river
Why did CSA want to win Battle of Gettysburg?
Bring war to D.C.
Who delivered the Gettysburg address?
Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech
Who captured Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
Where did Sherman go after capturing Atlanta?
The Atlantic Coast
Where did Lee surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse
Conditions in North after the war
not much rebuilding
Production picked up again
Jobs became available
Political disagreements abt how former slaves and South should be treated
Conditions in South after war
Destroyed
railroads and money were useless
Questioning what state gov. would look like
Distrusted North
Freedman’s Bureau
agency made by congress to help former slaves
Who took over after Lincoln was assassinated?
Vice President Andrew Johnson
Radical Republicans
republicans in congress who felt Johnson wasn’t doing enough for Reconstruction
Later took charge of reconstruction
KKK
kept AA ppl and white republicans from voting
Murdered hundreds or thousands of ppl
Why was Johnson impeached?
vetoed most of legislation passed by RR
Fired military leaders that supported RR
Compromise of 1877
Hayes agreed to end Reconstruction and remove fed troops in return for Southern Democratic support to win the election
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