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Free Soil Party
Short - lived political party in the United States that was active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections, and in some state elections.
Fugitive Slave Law
A law that the North made in which they could control slaves and make sure that they do not escape, and would be returned to the South.
Harriet Tubman
Slave woman that helped with slave uprisings.
Ostend Manifesto
Document that was written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain and implied that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused to sell.
Kansas Nebraska Act
This act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if the would allow slavery within their boundaries.
Wilmot Proviso
This was one of the major events leading to the Civil War, and would have banned slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War, or later in the future.
William Lloyd Garrison
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.
Frederick Douglas
Famous slave that attempted many slave uprisings.
Popular Sovereignty
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. It is closely associated to the social contract philosophers.
Underground Railroad
This was a path that was created to transport slaves to the North where there was freedom. This path was not literally underground.
Compromise of 1850
This was an intricate 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 that arose following the Mexican-American War. The compromise was drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Democrat Stephen Douglas.
Dred Scott Decision
The decision declared that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the federal territories, thereby striking a severe blow at the legitimacy of the emerging Republican party and intensifying the sectional conflict over slavery.
Panic of 1857
A financial panic in the United States cause by the declining international economy and over expansion of the domestic economy.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This was an anti-slavery novel that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman.
Crittenden Compromise
This was an unsuccessful proposal by a 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 U.S. to contemplate secession from the U.S.
Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter that started the American Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as the president for its entire history.
Anaconda Plan
This plan was made to block off the trade routes of the south.
Robert E. Lee
The best general that the Confederacy had.
Ulysses S. Grant
The best general that the Union had.
Iron Clads
Steam propelled warships in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armor plates.
Battle of Antietam
This battle was led by General McClellan, and was a Union victory with about 23,000 casualties.
Emancipation Proclamation
This proclamation stated that every slave in the South was free, and the border states that were still part of the Union were to maintain slavery because of fear of secession.
54th Regiment
This was the first colored regiment of the country. The regiment recruited freed black slaves, and trained them for war. They failed miserably at taking one of the Confederate forts, but were seen as heroes after the war.
Morril Tariff Act 1861
The Morril Tariff Act raised rates to protect and encourage industry and the high wages of industrial workers.
Homestead Act 1862
The Homestead Act of 1862 was passed by the U.S. Congress. It provided for the transfer of 160 acres (65 hectares) of unoccupied public land to each homesteader on payment of a nominal fee after five years of residence; land could also be acquired after six months of residence at $1.25 an acre.
Pacific Railway Act 1862
Act that promoted the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States through authorizing the issuance of government bonds and the grants of land to railroad companies.
National Bank Act 1863
This act established a system of national charters for U.S. banks.
Battle of Vicksburg
This was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
This was the battle that had the most casualties in the whole Civil War.
Copperhead
Group of vocal Democrats in the North that opposed the Civil War.
New York Draft Riots 1863
These 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
Appomattox
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox courthouse.
Trent Affair
This was an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. Three were two Confederate diplomats that were taken captives when the "San Jacinto" intercepted the British "Trent".