Chapter 14

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Free Party

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What:A short lived political party in the U.S. that consisted of former antislavery members of the Whig Party and Democratic party
When: 1848-1852
Significance: -It was a third party that largely appealed to and drew its greatest strength from New York State.

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Fugitive Slave Law:

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What- The Fugitive Slave Law passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.
When- 1850
Significance- It declared that all runaway slaves be brought back to their masters. Abolitionists nicknamed it the "Bloodhound Law" for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves.

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Harriet Tubman:

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Who-was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War
When-during the American Civil War
Significance-Tubman worked for the Union Army, first as a cook and nurse, and then as an armed scout and spy

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Ostend Manifesto:

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What- A document that described the rationale for the Unite states to purchase Cuba from Spain and implied the U.S. should declare war if refused
When-document written in 1854
Significance-to purchase Cuba from Spain and implied the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused

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Kansas Nebraska Act:

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What-created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820
When-of 1854
Significance-allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries.

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Wilmot Proviso:

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Who-one of the major events leading to the Civil War
When-leading to the Civil War
Significance- would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession

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William Lyod Garrison

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Who-was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer
When-December 12, 1805 – May 24, 1879
Significance-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

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Frederick Douglas:

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Who-was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
When-the Civil War
Significance-After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining renown for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing

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Popular Sovereignty:

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What-is the 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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Significance-It is closely associated to the social contract philosophers, among whom are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Underground Railroad:

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What-was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century black slaves in the United States to escape to free states
When-19th-century
Significance-Created in the early 19th century, the Underground Railroad was at its height between 1850 and 1860

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Bleeding Kansas

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Crittenden Compromise

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What: Was an uncessful proposal by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden
When:1860
Significance: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 Sumter

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What: Is the third masonry coastal fortification located in Charleston Harbor, south Carolina
When: 1861
Significance: The war is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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Who: Was an American statesman and leader of the confederacy during the American civil war
When: 1808-1889
Significance: He fought in the Mexican American war asa colonel of a volunter regiment and was the United States secretaryt of war.He was unavble to stop the Union

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Anaconda Plan

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What: It was an outline strategy proposed by General in chief Winfield Scott, the paln emphasized the blockde of the southern ports and called for an advance down the Mississippi river to cut the South in two
When:1862-1865
Significance: It subdued the seceding states in the American Civil War

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Robert E. Lee

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Who: General mof the Confederate Army
When: 1807-1870
Significance: A top graduate of West Point, Lee distinguished himself as an exceptional soldier in the U.S. Army for 32 years. He is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Who: Commander of the Union and the 18th president of the U.S.
When: 1869-1877
Significance:Grant began his lifelong career as a soldier after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. Fighting in the Mexican American War, he was a close observer of the techniques of Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. He resigned from the Army in 1854, then struggled to make a living in St. Louis and Galena, Illinois.

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Iron Clads

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What: Was a steel-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the nineteenth , protected by iron or steel armor plates
When: 19th century
Significance: The South first introduced their ironcladship, the Merrimack, and shortly the Union created their ironcladship called The Monitor

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Battle of Antietam

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What: fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign
When: 1862
Significance: It was the bloodiest single-daybattle in American History

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Marril Tariff Act 1861

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Homestead Act 1862

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Legal Tender Act 1862

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Pacific Railway Act 1862

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National Bank Act 1863

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Battle of Vicksburg

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What- A siege between the Union and the confederate army Ulysses S. Grant was low on resources and decided to push on into vicksburg and besiege it.
When 1863
Significance- Another significant turning point for the Union army, after the Confederate forces in vicksburg surrendered the Union had full access of the Mississippi river.

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Battle of Gettysburg

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What- A significant turning point in the war between the confederates and the Union. A Union victory won by the army of the Potomac.
When 1863
Significance- It was the largest number of casualties caused in the civil war. Stoped Robert E. Lee's invasion into the north

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Copper Heads

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Who- Group of Democrats in Northern U.S., they opposed the war, they wanted peace with the confederates.
When-1864
Significance- They damaged the Union war effort by encouraging people not going to war and rejecting to go to the draft.

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New York Draft Riots 1863

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What- Based on angry white working class men in involving a draft when they are fighting a war for African Americans.
When-1863- during the civil war
Significance- A outbreak of civilians angry at the reason for the war and the wealthier class being able to buy themselves out of war.

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Appamattax

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What- was the confederates last fight before it had surrendered to the Union army.
When- In 1865 Last battle of the war.
Significance- it was Robert E. Lee's final stand in the war. Ending the war

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Trent Affair

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What- it was a affair between british and american government during the civil war. A Union ship intercepted a British mail ship
When- During 1861
Significance- It was a potential war between the Union and Britain during the civil war. The war was dodged between both countries

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Compromise of 1850

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What: It was a five bills defusing the four-year confrontation between the slave states of the south and the free states of the North tht arouse following the Mexican American War
When: 1850
Significance: The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas avoided secession or civil war at the time and quieted sectional conflict for four years.

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Dred Scott Decision

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Panic 1857

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Emancipation of Proclamaion

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54th Regiment

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