Civil War

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Free soil Party

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A group that believed that since the U.S was free soil than everyone was a free man. Widely absorbed by Republicans.

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Harriet Tubman

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Was an escaped slave that led over thirteen missions in the underground railroad to help 70 slaves reach free land.

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Fugitive Slave Law

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A law that required the return of escaped slaves in other states to return to their masters.

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ostend Manifesto

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Was a doctrine that argued that the U.S should buy Cuba from Spain; if Spain refused than war should be declared.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed the settlers in those territories to vote to legalize slavery.

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Wilmot Proviso

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Proposed by David Wilmot to ban slavery in all territories acquired from Mexico. It passed in the House of Rep but failed to be approved by senate. It was tried to be made part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo but failed.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Was a slavery abolitionist who was the editor of the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator. Ha also was one of the founders of the American Anti Slavery Society and voice for Womens suffrage.

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Frederick Douglas

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As a former slave he was a leader in the abolitionist movement writing many books on slavery. After the civil war he worked for womens rights. He believed freedom was for everyone.

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Underground Railroad

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Was a vast network of people and homes that helped runaway slaves escape to the North and Canada.

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Compromise of 1850

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Was an act trying to solve the question of slavery.

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trent affair

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The USS ship San Jacinto intercepted the British ship Trent and removed as contraband of war two confederate officers. The officers were then taken to Britain to demonstrate that the confederacy was a new state.

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appomattox

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Was the courthouse were General Lee of the confederacy surrendered.

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Copperhead

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They were a vocal group of democrats who opposed the civil war and wanted immediate peace settlement with the confederacy.

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New york draft riots 1863

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they were working class men who rioted because they were forced to fight war when the rich could pay to exclude themselves.

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battle of gettysburg

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the battle that was the turning point otf the civil war and was a union victory. The union put an end to Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North.

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battle of vicksburg

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A union victory where Union forces attacked the well fortified city of Vicksburg from behind

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national bank 1863

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Established the national charter for banks and encourage the development of the national currency.

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pacific railroad 1862

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The Pacific Railroad Act authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railway line connecting the east and west coasts through government bonds and grants of land to railroad companies.

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legal tender act 1862

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The Legal Tender Cases were a series of United States Supreme Court cases that affirmed the constitutionality of paper money to finance the Civil War without raising taxes.

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homestead act 1862

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offered 160 acres of underdeveloped land which included free slaves for low prices if the owners lived on it for five years and bettered the land.

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Morril Tariff act 1861

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was an American protective tariff law. Raised rates to protect and encourage industry and high wages for industrial workers.

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Uncle toms cabin

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a story written by a former slave that showed the cruelty of slave owners.

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bleeding kansas

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Rioters in Kansas were murdering people who promoted slavery claiming that it was god's orders.