Chapter 14 Vocab

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1 Free Soil Party

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-Only in 1848 and 1852 presidential elections
- Opposed slvaery in any newcoming states.
- popular in new york
- Eventually got absorbed by the republicans

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2 Fugitive Slave Law

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Law that prohibited the sheltering of any fugitive slaves
They provided for the return of slaves who ran away.

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3 Harriet Tubman

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A black woman who was once a slave, but was most famous for leading the underground railroad. her code name was "moses"

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4 Ostend Manifesto

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1854
Wanted the US to force spain to let us buy Cuba. If they refused, the US was to declare war on them .

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5 Kansas Nebraska Act

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1854
It made Kansas an Nebraska States, repealed the Missouri Compromise from 20, opened new lands, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their state.

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6 Wilmot Proviso

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1846
It was one of the major events leading to the Civil War,
It would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican American War or in the future

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7 William Lloyd Garrison

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-He was the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society
He also promoted Women's rights

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8 Frederick Douglass

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An African American abolitionist and antislavery activist

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9 Popular Sovereignty

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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
IN A NUT SHELL, the people have all the power to make the decisions they want

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10 Underground Railroad

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A network of antislavery activists and safe houses that slaves used to escape into the North or Canada
(During Civil War)

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11 Compromise of 1850

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-A series of bills pased in 1850 that quieted sectional conflicts for many years. one was thefugitive slave act.
-It solved all of the major issue over land and slavery at the present
1-Slavery of states is popular sovereignty
2-Texas gives us claims to new mexico land and get to keep el paso
3- Fugitive slave act
4- Slave trade illegal in washington DC
5- california admitted as a free

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12 Dred Scott Decision

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-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 not become U.S. citizens.

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13 Panic of 1857

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Economic Crash of 1857 due to -The declining international economy and the over-expansion of the Domestic Economy.
-The civil war boosted us back into place again, though

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14 Uncle Toms Cabin

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A book by Harriet Beecher Stowe describing the horrors of living life as a slave.

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15 Bleeding Kansas

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- A proxy war over whether or not slaves should have rights in Kansas
- It wouldn't have been a big deal, but a whole bunch of activists all moved to Kansas to support their ideals.

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to finish (something)

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зака'нчивать/зако'нчить
(зака'нчива -ю, -ешь, ют)
(зако'нч -у, -ишь, -ат)

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Crittenden Compromise

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Was a rejected plan that was supposed to stop the secession. It was called crittenden because it had several parts to it that were made by the governor of Kentucky, Crittenden.

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Fort Sumter

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The setting of the first battle of the civil war. The confederates poned hard.

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the south and former Mexican American war general.

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Anaconda Plan

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a plan to "choke" the south. it was to surround all of the southern ports and eventually seperate down the Mississippi.

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Robert E. Lee
The Gray Fox

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Davis' leading general. He was much better than anything else the union had to offer. Known for ferocity, perseverance and one of hannah's favorite historical people :)

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Pacific Railway Act

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-promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad with government bonds and grants of land

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National Bank Act 63

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Established national charters for banks and encouraged the development of a national currency

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Final leading general of the union, lee surrendered to him. later he became a president.

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Ironclads

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Steel ships that were "indestructible" and used in the union navy mostly. bullets and cannonballs ricocheted off of them.

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Battle of Antietam

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One of the bloodiest days in battle with McClellan vs Lee as they fought in Maryland as the Union general followed Lee down the Maryland border and fought but let his troops go back and regroup instead of finishing him off.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Proclamation that all slaves in the confederacy were free from labor. Presented and signed by Lincoln.

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54th Regiment

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A regiment of black soldiers who fought ferociously in the war. They gave them black soldiers a name, yo!

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Morrill Tariff Act 1861

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A tariff raised to raise money for the union during the war.

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Homestead Act 1862

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A way for ex-slaves to get land
File an application, improve the land, and file for deed of title.
Got 160 acres of land

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Legal Tender Act 1862

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It was enacted to issue paper money to finance the Civil War without raising taxes. The paper money depreciated in terms of gold and became the subject of controversy, particularly because debts contracted earlier could be paid in this cheaper currency.[6]

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Battle of Vicksburg

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Gen. Grant crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He blockaded them until they surrendered

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Battle of gettysburg

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Army of the Potomac defeats lee and his invasion of the north was finished.

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Copperheads

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Democrats who oppposed the civil war.

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Appomatix

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-the site of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, essentially ending the American Civil War

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Trent Affair

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Diplomatic (duh)south diplomats got caught by Lincoln while they were in the process of going to Britain and France to make buddies. Lincoln had mercy and let them go. They did not make any euro buddies.