Chapter 14

Front 1

FREE SOIL PARTY

Back 1

A third political party that was active in the United States in 1848 and 1852 Drew its strength from New York State.

Front 2

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

Back 2

Passed by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850. Declared all runaway slaves be brought back to their masters.

Front 3

HARRIET TUBMAN

Back 3

African-American abolitionist during the Civil War. She made thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves.

Front 4

OSTEND MANISFESTO

Back 4

A document written 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain, implied US should declare war if Spain refused.

Front 5

KANSAS NEBRASKA ACT

Back 5

Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise, and allowed settlers to determine if they would allow slavery.

Front 6

WILMOT PROVISO

Back 6

Would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War.

Front 7

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

Back 7

A prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer.

Front 8

FREDERICK DOUGLAS

Back 8

An American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesmen.

Front 9

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

Back 9

Belief that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or the consent of the people.

Front 10

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Back 10

Informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century black slaves.

Front 11

COMPROMISE OF 1850

Back 11

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

Front 12

DRED SCOTT DECISION

Back 12

A US Supreme Court ruling that stated African Americans could not be protected by the US constitution and could never be US citizens.

Front 13

PANIC OF 1857

Back 13

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

Front 14

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

Back 14

Is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Front 15

BLEEDING KANSAS

Back 15

A series of violent events, involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements.

Front 16

CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE

Back 16

An unsuccessful proposal by Kentucky Senator John J. Critttenden to resolve the US secession crisis.

Front 17

FORT SUMTER

Back 17

Site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired at the Battle of Fort Sumter.

Front 18

JEFFERSON DAVIS

Back 18

Was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Front 19

ANACONDA PLAN

Back 19

Proposed by General Scott as a naval blockade of the South and called for an advance down the Mississippi River.

Front 20

ROBERT E. LEE

Back 20

The commanding general of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.

Front 21

ULYSSES S. GRANT

Back 21

The 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods.

Front 22

IRON CLADS

Back 22

Developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells.

Front 23

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

Back 23

First major battle in the Civil War to take place in Northern soil. Bloodiest single day battle in American history.

Front 24

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

Back 24

Issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War; it proclaimed all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America freed.

Front 25

54TH REGIMENT

Back 25

One of the first official black units in the United States during the Civil War.

Front 26

MORRIL TARIFF ACT 1861

Back 26

Raised rates to protect and encourage industry and the higher wages of industrial workers.

Front 27

HOMESTEAD ACT 1862

Back 27

Gave an applicant freehold title to up to 160 acres of undeveloped federal land west of the Mississippi River; included free slaves. Had to live on for a minimum of 5 years and applicant had to be 21 years or older.

Front 28

LEGAL TENDER ACT 1862

Back 28

Authorized the use of paper notes to pay government's bills. Created to issue paper money to finance the Civil War without raising taxes.

Front 29

PACIFIC RAILWAY ACT 1862

Back 29

Series of acts that promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and grants of land to railroad companies.

Front 30

NATIONAL BANK ACT 1863

Back 30

Two federal laws that established a system of national charters for banks; encouraged development of a national currency.

Front 31

BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

Back 31

Final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

Front 32

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Back 32

Fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War.

Front 33

COPPERHEADS

Back 33

Vocal group of democrats who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.

Front 34

NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS 1863

Back 34

Violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight.

Front 35

APPOMATTOX

Back 35

First engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee before it surrendered to the Union Army; one of the last battles of the Civil War.

Front 36

TRENT AFFAIR

Back 36

International diplomatic incident that occurred during the Civil War. British mail packet Trent was intercepted by Union ships and two Confederate diplomats were removed from the ship, James Mason and John Slidell.