Chapter 14

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free soil party

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The Free-Soil Party developed in part from a political rivalry in New York State. The Democratic Party there consisted of contending factions: the Barnburners, who were strongly opposed to slavery, and the Hunkers, who were neutral or supportive of slavery.

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fugitive slave law

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the fugitive slave law stated that any officer helping a runaway slave could be fined 1,000$ and any slave suspected of being a runaway would be sent to court

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harriet tubman

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the most known underground railroad conductor she made 19 trips into the south and escorted over 300 slaves to freedom

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ostend manifesto

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the belief that cuba belonged to the US as a slave state
cuba was in ownership of spain and us basically said that

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kansas nebraska act

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created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820

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wilmot proviso

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one of the major events leading to the Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

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william lloud garrison

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American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. He is best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society, he promoted "immediate emancipation" of slaves in the United States.

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frederick douglas

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was an american social reformer After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement,

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popular sovereignty

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belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people,

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underground railroad

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was a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North

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comproise of 1850

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package of five bills, passed in September 1850, defusing a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North

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dred scott decision

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It stated that because Scott was black, he was not a citizen and therefore had no right to sue. The decision also declared the Missouri Compromise of 1820, legislation which restricted slavery in certain territories, unconstitutional.

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panic of 1857

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was a financial panic in the United States caused by the declining international economy and overexpansion of the domestic economy.

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uncle tom's cabin

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an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852

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bleeding kansas

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was a series of violent events, involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery

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crittenden compromise

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was an unsuccessful proposal by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden to resolve the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 by addressing the concerns that led the states in the Deep South of the United States to contemplate secession from the United States

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fort sumpter

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.a Third System masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.

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jefferson davis

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.was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War; serving as the President for its entire history

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anaconda plan

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.the name widely applied to an outline strategy for subduing the seceding states in the American Civil War.

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Robert E. Lee

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.became the commanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause".

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Ulysses S. Grant

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was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods

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iron clads

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.was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armor plates.

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battle of antietnam

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.also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in
the South), fought on September 17, 1862,

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emancipation proclamation

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emancipation of all slaves and confederate slaves did not cover slaves in border states which remaine in the union

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54th regiment

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.e 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that
saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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morril tariff act 1861

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the law that raised rates to protect and encourage industry and increase wages for industrial workers

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humestead act 1862

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to give 160 acres of undeveloped federal land which included fre slave of 21 years or older required to live on the land for 5 years

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legal tender act 1862

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an act to issue paper money to finance the civil war without raising taxes

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pacific railway act 1862

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promoted construction of the transcontinental railroad through government bonds and grants of land

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national bank of 1863

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established national charters for banks and encouraged the devlopement of a national currency

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battle of vicksburg

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.was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War

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battle of gettysburg

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.was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War

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copperheads

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.were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War,

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new york draft riots 1863

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.were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.

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appomattox

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.fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American Civil War

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trent affair

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.also known as the Mason and Slidell Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War.