Chapter 14

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free soil party

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a short lived political party main purpose was to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories active during the presidential elections of 1848-1852, it drew great strength from new york, consisted of former antislavery members, or from the whig party and the democrats.

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fugitive slave law

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were laws passed by the congress of the united states in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.

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Harriet Tubman

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an African American abolitionist,also was a spy for the union during the civil war, she saved about 70 slaves with the help of the underground railroad and when the fugitive slave law was passed she guide slave farther to Canada.

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ostend manifesto

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a document written in 1854 it described the rationale for the united states to purchase Cuba from spain and also to declare war if spain refused.

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Kansas Nebraska act

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act that opened new lands and repealed the missiouri compromise and that settlers in those territories that they could either decide if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.

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wilmot proviso

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major event leading the civil war, which declared that slavery was banned from any land acquire from Mexico or in the future which some opposed to that idea and said only south of Texas and east of Rio grande.

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william lloyd garrison

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American abolitionist best know for the newspaper of the liberator and former founder of the American anti-slavery society.also promoted the immediate emancipation of slaves.

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Frederick Douglas

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American social reformer orator writer and statesman and a united states representative.

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popular sovereignty

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a belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent of its people who are the source of all political power.

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underground railroad

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an informal network of secret routes to safe houses to escape to free states and Canada.

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compromise of 1850

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five bills defusing a 4 year confrontation between slave states of the south and the free states it avoided secession and quieted sectional conflict for 4 years.

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dred Scott decision

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was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves were not protected by the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.

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panic of 1857

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

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uncle toms cabin

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an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet beecher Stowe, and it helped lay the groundwork for the civil war.

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bleeding kansas

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was a series of violent events, involving anti-slavery free stater's and pro slavery borders, and the man question was if Kansas would enter the union as a free state.

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crittenden compromise

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an unsuccessful proposal by the Kentucky senator to resolve the us secession's crisis and letting out the concerns of the south of separating from the united states.

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fort sumter

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coastal fortification located in Charleston harbor a site upon the shots initiated the civil war.

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Jefferson's davis

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was an American statesman and leader of the confederacy and served as president for its entire history, was an important officer during the Mexican American war.

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anaconda plan

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an American civil war strategy for subduing the seceding states, it was proposed by general Winfield Scott ad emphasized a blockade of southern ports and it linked to the anaconda because it suffocates it victims.

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Robert e. lee

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officer and combat engineer, he commanded the confederacy army, in the civil war was best know for his combat at army of northern Virginia.

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Ulysses s. grant

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an officer from the military in the civil war

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iron clads

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a ship covered with iron and steel during the civil war they fought some with this ship but the battles were really long due to the durability of the ships from both sides.

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battle of antietman

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was the first major battle in the American civil war to take place on northern soil it was the bloodiest single day in American history.

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emancipation proclamation

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an executive order issued by Lincoln during the civil war, it proclaimed the freedom of 4 million slaves and it immediately freed 50000 of them.

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54th regiment

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an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the union army during the civil war, was one of the first official black units.

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morril tariff act 1861

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a protective and law and high wages to industrial wages

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homestead act 1862

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160 acres of under developed land and it attracted new settlers which included free slaves that have lived for a minimum of 5 years of 25 years or older.

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legal tender act 1862

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was created to issue paper money to finance civil war,without raising taxes.

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pacific railroad act 1862

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promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad, with governments bonds or grants of land to railroad companies.

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national bank act 1863

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1863 it established national charters of banks and it encourage the development of 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 fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War it is often described as the war's turning point

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copperheads

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a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.

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new york draft riots 1863

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afas

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Appomattox

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saf

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trent affair

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also known as the Mason and Slide ll Affair, was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War,intercepted the British mail packet Trent and removed as contraband of war two Confederate diplomats,