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20 Cards in this Set
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Aroostook War
Webster Asuburton treaty |
Aroostock war- Fighting over who controlls lumber
Lord asuburton in GB negotatied w/ Webester and agreed to give britian Qubec and expanded us's border w/ canda |
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Guadalupe Hidalgo
Wilmot Proviso |
-Gave us all of the mexican territory from Texas to ca, for 15 mil
-stated that slavery shouldnt exsist in new territiores, never passed. |
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Walker Tarrif
Orgeon Fever |
-Walker sec. of treasury. Tarrif lower, encouraged movement for free trade. Tarrif for revenue only.
-Push to populate orgeon |
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Freemont
Taylor kearny Scott |
CA
Texas Utah Southern tip of mexico |
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Gold rush
Free Soil party |
-1849(san fran 49ers) boosts ca's population so it is ready for statehood
-Free soil, Free men, Free labor and free speech |
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Comp of 1850
2nd era of good feelings |
- clay callhoun and webster. ca becomes a free state. South gets- fugitive slave act and slaves can be brought to dc. North gets- Ca as a free state and pop soviernty.
-Phillmore become preisedent, whig party collapses. |
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Clayton Bulwar treaty
Ostend Manifesto |
-1850 Us and GB agree to build a canal
-Stated that the Us would offer 120 mil to spain for cuba and Spains ownership of cuba contuined to endanger us. Us would be justifiyed to take the island |
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Gadsend Purchase
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
- Gadsend purchased land from mexico for 10 mil. Gave south the controol of the railroad.
-repealed the mo. comp. North gets the railroad and one free state. South-Gets a slave state and pop soveingty |
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Lecompton Constution
Bleeding Sumner |
-Anyone who comes w/ slaves before the state is ratified can keep slaves no matter what.(doesnt work)
-congress 1856. Sumner insults south, brooks beats him w/ cane |
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Dread Scott
Harpers ferry |
-Slave.. based on 5th amendment, comp of 1850, ka-nebraska, mo.comp are all uncontutional
-John Brown and 20 men go to free slaves. Buchanan sends army, brown hung |
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Panic of 1857
Freeport doctrine-1858 |
-Starts w/ gandsend purchase due to land sepeculation.
- douglas debates that pop. sovienghty can still exsist regardless of dread scott |
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Confederate states of america
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South Carolina
Alabama Misissippi FL GA Louisana Texas VA Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina |
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Crittenden Amendments
Fort Sumter |
-proposed to ban slavery above the 36, 30 line and that all exsitsing slavery would be protected, lincoln said no.
-Fort off the coast of Sc, Davis hopes to starve them out. Lincoln sends supplies, Davis sees this as an act of war |
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Northern Generals and thier battles
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McClellan- Bullrun-loses,7days battle-retreats, fired by linclon
Pope takes his place-2nd battle of bullrun-loses, lincoln puts McClellan back incharge. Wins-antietam, but gets fired again replaced by Burnside, Fredericksburg-loses and quits Hooker- Chanclersville-loses, fired Meade-Gettysburg-wins, fired b/c he didnt follow lee Grant-wins vicksburg, Sherman takes his place in the Mississippi |
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Emancipation Proclaimation
Gettysburg Adress |
-Lincoln frees all the slaves in rebelling states, does this after the norths first victory-Antietum
-lincoln made a month after gettysburg |
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Total War-6 steps
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1. free slaves
2.Go after the mind of confederacy 3.Blockade(no foreign trade) 4.Controll Miss river 5. Controll railroad 6.Heart of south (SC) |
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lincoln unconstutional...
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1. sets up blockade
2.sends trops to south 3.Makes West Va 4.Frees slaves 5.Supends Habeascoprus(which states that a person must be tried and know the reason they are being charged) 6.Supends freedom of the press 7.supeverised elections 8.Marshal law-sends troops to Maryland |
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Appomattox Courthouse
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-1865, lee formally surrenerder, ended the war
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Lincoln assassination
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-1865, Booth shot lincoln in the head
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Southern Generals
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Stonewall Jackson
Lee Longstreet (replaces Jackson when he is killed) |
