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106 Cards in this Set
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Who was Moses and Stephen Austin? |
Moses Austin began selling out Texas land to America (obviously before Texas was a state and was still Spanish territory) and Stephen Austin was his son who took over the family business after he died. |
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What restricts Mexicos interest in selling land to the US? |
Mexico assumed the new land owners would assimilate to Mexican culture but instead the Mexicans already living there assimilated to be more American. |
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Who is the new leader of Mexico after the the fall of the Mexican government in 1832? |
Santa Anna |
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What happens when Stephen Austin and Santa Anna finally meet? |
Santa Anna has Stephen Austin thrown in prison. |
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What is the Alamo and what happens at it? |
The Alamo is an old Catholic mission in Texas where Santa Anna and his troops killed almost 400 residents of the area. |
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What is the resulting state of Texas after the Alamo? |
Alamo supporters flood to Texas to help fight Santa Anna; once he is captured he is forced to sign a document of surrender so that Texas can become a state of the USA. |
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How was Texas allowed in as a state? |
After John tyler brought up allowing it as a way of gaining southern support, other non - slave states became states and balanced it all out, allowing Texas to come in after several years of being it's own country. |
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What was the Oregon county? |
This was an area in America governed by both Britain and America. Because of location there were more Americans there than British. |
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Who is Joseph Smith? |
A 14 year old boy who claimed he had visions from Jesus that Jesus had visited north America. Smith said that the native Americans were actually descendents from the tribes of Israel. Smith claims he was given scripture in which he translated - this became the book of Mormon. This is where Mormonism was created. Smith asserted that the book of Mormon was more authoritative than the bible. |
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Who was Brigham Young? |
Takes over when Mormon leader Joseph Smith is killed. |
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Where do the Mormons end up? |
Salt Lake city, Utah. They do eventually have to give up their "odd" practices to stay there (polygamy, etc.) |
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What was the Mormon war? |
A short lived resistance when the Mormons are kicked out of their territory. |
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Who ran in the election of 1844? |
James k polk Henry clay James Birney |
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Who is James k polk when he ran? |
A political dark horse, no one knew anything about him. He was a southerner, slave owner. |
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Who was Henry clay when he ran? |
A whig, he's the "compromise" person! (Missouri compromise) |
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Who is James Birney when he ran? |
He was on the liberty party- the anti slavery party. |
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What is the central theme surrounding polks presidency? |
The Mexican American war |
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What is America's part in starting the Mexican American war? |
Absorbing Texas as a state |
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Why is the Mexican American war primarily fought? |
Disputes over boundaries of Texas. |
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Who is Zachary Taylor? |
A war hero of the Mexican American war and later the president of the USA (whig) |
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Who is Wingfield scott? |
A war hero of the Mexican American war who later runs for president as a whig but does not make it - this is also the last whoorah for the whigs. |
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Who is involved in the election of 1848? Hint: right after the Mexican American war. |
Zachary Taylor - whig Lewis Cass- democrat Martin Van Buren - free soil |
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What is the end result of the Mexican American war? |
The USA gets everything north of the Rio grande river. |
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Who is david willmont? |
A member of the PA house of Representatives who brought up the bill, the willmont proviso which stated that all land acquired by the winning of the Mexican American war should all be decreed "slave - free". This did not go over well with southerners. |
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What is the free soil party the aftermath of? |
The liberty party. |
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What does the free soil party promote? |
Didn't speak out against slavery outright, but wanted no slavery in the territories. |
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What does the liberty party promote? |
Abolition. End of slavery completely. |
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Why did all the parties start to fracture right before the civil war? |
Because you had parties (whigs, Democrats) in the north and the South and so because of their diversity in location they would have different opinions about hot topics like slavery. |
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What is popular sovereignty? |
It was the idea to let the people who get to the territories first decide what that state will become- slavery or slavery free wise. |
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Who created and what is the compromise of 1850? |
Henry Clay created the compromise that is needed to decide whether or not California is a free or a slave state. The compromise of 1850 declares that California is free state but Utah and new Mexico when ready will be slave states PLUS DC becomes free. South is also promised a fugitive slave act. This bill couldn't go without the help of Stephen Douglass |
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What was the fugitive slave act? |
Made it so that if you're a slave and you run free north it was illegal and could be enforced (up until then it wasn't). |
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How did Stephen Douglass help pass the compromise of 1850? |
Douglass broke the bill up into 4 seperate bills and got them all to pass. |
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Who replaced Zachary Taylor in office when he died? |
Millard Fillmore. He supports Fredrick Douglass. |
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What happened in Christiana, PA in 1851? |
African Americans in the area were getting attacked by police and so the white citizens of the town (quakers) fought back! |
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Describe the election of 1852 |
Franklin Pierce - democrat: popular sovereignty John Hale - free soil Wingfield scott - whig (last whoorah for whigs) Jacob Broom - know nothing party |
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What did the know nothing party promote? |
Splintered from northern Democrats/whigs (because all the parties are fracturing): these guys don't want to address the slavery issue. "Slavery is not the big problem" // "the big problem is foreigners!" |
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What was a cotton whig? |
A whig who supported slavery |
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What was a conscience whig? |
A whig who was against slavery |
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Order of presidents |
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What did the republican party promote? |
No slavery in the territories **does not try to end slavery**
Soil party moves here
Northern Anti slavery Democrats also move here |
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What is the Kansas Nebraska act of 1854? |
Stephen Douglass wants to build a railroad into the territories but needs support so he rallies the south by saying he'll support popular sovereignty there and so the southerners flood to Kansas to help and it is decreed that when the state is ready the people will vote for its choice in free or slave. Within no time both south and North are flooding into Kansas trying to outweigh the other. Warfare breaks out - this is called bleeding Kansas. They finally vote: slave has won. Northerners aren't going out without a fight - they stay and create their own capital in Kansas. Kansas now had 2 capitals. The president (Pierce) acknowledged the slavery capital. This now made the northern capital a rebellion, and so the slavery capital fought them - there was bloodshed. |
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Who was Charles Sumner? |
He spoke out about how bad the bloodshed in Kansas was and how the southerners are butchering the free soil party. He was beaten with a cane from Preston Brooks for this. |
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Who is Preston brooks? |
A senator who's father was mentioned by name by Charles Sumner on the floor of Congress and so later brooks beats Charles Sumner with his cane for this. |
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Describe the election of 1856 |
James Buckhannon - democrat (popular sovereignty) (picked because he didn't stand for much) John c Fremont- republican (anti slavery in territories) Millard Fillmore- know nothing |
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What was the result of the Dredd Scott Decision of 1857? |
Slaves were labeled as non - citizens and therefore had no part in the US constitution for protection. This decision also outlawed the Missouri compromise, and the compromise of 1850 |
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What was the main issue during Lincoln and Douglass debates? |
Slavery |
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Who was John brown? |
A radical abolitionist who made a plan to arm slaves in the south and have them rebel while simultaneously fighting on the other side - this plan did not work. Thought of as a martyr by the north. |
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Describe the election of 1860 |
Stephen Douglass- n democrat (Democrats fragment over slavery) John Breckenridge - s democrat Abraham Lincoln- republican John bell - constitutional unionists |
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What is a constitutional unionist? |
Only exist for "What does the constitution say about slavery? Nothing? Then don't talk about it." |
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Stephen Douglass |
Northern democrat |
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John Breckenridge |
Southern democrat |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Republican |
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John bell |
Constitutional unionist |
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Franklin Pierce |
Democrat |
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John Hale |
Free soil |
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Windfield scott |
Whig |
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Jacob Broom |
Know nothing party |
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Zachary Taylor |
Whig |
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Lewis Cass |
Democrat |
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Van Buren |
Free soil |
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James k polk |
No one knew |
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Henry Clay |
Whig |
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James Birney |
Liberty party |
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Who was the first state to secede? |
South Carolina |
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Who was the first and only confederate president? |
Jefferson Davis |
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Northern armies are named after... |
Rivers |
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Southern armies are named after... |
Geographic features |
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Where is the eastern theatre? |
Between Washington and Richmond Gettysburg, antitum, bullrun |
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Where is the western theatre? |
Along the Mississippi |
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Describe the battle of bullrun |
Commander of the north: Irvin McDowell
Commander of the south: p.g.t Beauregard and Thomas "stonewall" Jackson The south hold their own The McDowells forces collapse
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Who was Thomas jackson? |
"Stonewall" was a general for the confederates// taught at West point. |
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Name the first battle of the civil war |
Bullrun |
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What did windfield scott do for the civil war? |
He made the anaconda plan. |
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What was the anaconda plan? |
● Blockade the southern ports ● Take control of the Mississippi ● Wait - with time they thought the confederacy would suffocate and eventually pro - unionists would rise up Problem: really no pro - unionists left in the south |
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Who is George McClellan? |
Replaced windfield scott as commander of the armies McClellan was loved as a general, he was super great at building armies buttttt not at leading them. |
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Describe McClellans first attempt at getting the capital of the confederates after bullrun: |
McLellan goes south to get the capital
Joseph e Johnston is in charge of protecting Richmond until his leg gets ****** up
Robert e lee replaces Johnston Lee goes on the offense McLellan is timid and falls back Simultaneously lee sends more troops to harpers ferry McLellan leaves DC undefended Lincoln orders McLellan home South has a new hero
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What is McClellans "peninsula campaign"? |
McClellan plans to take his army, put them on boats, go down the Potomac, and land on the peninsula. From there, they will March north and take the enemy capital. |
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Who is Robert e lee? |
He replaces Joseph e Johnston as the general of the confederates Lee is aggressive and knows how to fight |
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Describe the battle of antitum: |
Lee is on the move McLellan is following blindly McLellan finds Lee's ******* battle plans
McLellan sets a trap Lee gets word of this and rush forward Because of a sunken road, McLellan and his stoops are stuck and gunned down
General Burnside for the north is supposed to help McLellan by sneaking up Lee's side but is stopped by a narrow bridge that him and his 14k troops have to cross 450 southern sharpshooters on the other side are gunning down Burnsides men like it's nothing Burnside kept having his men go!
Close to 30k casualties in 1 day
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Who is Ambrose Burnside? |
The general who ****** up the men crossing the bridge (Burnsides bridge) and this guy also replaces George McClellan |
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What is the Emancipation proclamation? |
If you are a slave in a state who is rebelling, you are free. |
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Who is U.S. Grant? |
Union general |
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Describe what happened at Fort Danielson and Henry? |
Grant took both confederate forts with an unconditional surrender. |
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What happened at the battle of Shiloh? |
Day 1 - grant is attacked, he falls back Day 2 - grant pushes back |
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What happens in new Orleans? |
New Orleans is taken by David Farragut |
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What was the USS monitor? |
A union submarine |
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What was the CSS Virginia? |
A confederate submarine |
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What's a copperhead? |
A northern politician (mostly democrat) who was against the war |
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What was the first battle of ironclads? |
A battle between the USS monitor and the CSS Virginia (merrimac) Neither win, it's a draw |
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Who is clement L Vallandigham? |
A copperhead who was very vocal against Lincoln and said he was going against the constitution Eventually he is found guilty of aiding the enemy and is exiled south |
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Describe the battle of Fredericksburg: |
Burnsides army goes south to try and capture lee Union solders go in columns in narrow streets Needless to say they are slaughtered |
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Who is Joseph hooker? |
He replaced Ambrose Burnside as general |
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Describe the battle of chancellorville: |
Hooker plans to go in from behind Lee can see them coming a mile away Lee leaves a small group in Fredericksburg as a distraction Lee takes the rest of the group and hides in the woods and waits **no one ever separates forces More than half of Lee's army is given to be commanded by stonewall jackson Jackson surrounds hooker men As hooker men wake up they're attacked Hooker men run and run right into lee They're absolutely surrounded Thomas jackson dies here |
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Describe the siege of vicksburg: |
Vicksburg is cut off of food Lee begins to go north towards gburg Hooker is fired enter mead Lee's army is blind, starts spreading out Mead is following lee |
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Who is general warren mead? |
He replaced Joseph hooker |
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Who is John Buford? |
A general under mead |
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Who is James Longstreet? |
Lee's closest advisor |
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Who is Dan Sickles? |
A commanding union officer |
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Who is Joshua chamberland? |
Manages a union group |
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Who is George pickett? |
An officer under the confederates |
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Who is Lewis armstead? |
Only confederate general to break through on the 3d day of the battle of Gettysburg- got closer than anyone else to the north |
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Who is us grant? |
A lieutenant general of the US armies |
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Who is Phil Sheridan? |
Union officer |
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Who is William sherman? |
A union officer under grant |
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Where does the civil war end? |
Appomattox courthouse, Virginia |
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What is the wade Davis bill? |
Makes the 10% from Lincolns 10% plan 50% |
