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32 Cards in this Set
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Anaconda plan |
Plan to starve the south |
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Compromise of 1850 |
California is admitted as a free state/allowed popular sovereignty in the territories/compromised the balance of the free and slave states |
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Total war |
Destroys all resources |
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Wilmot provisio |
Called for a ban of slavery in the western territories |
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Crittenden Compromise |
Amendment to prevent secession |
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Popular sovereignty |
People decide of slavery issue/ did not solve the issue of slavery |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Divides Kansas-Nebraska into two slaves/ each territory would decide on slavery by Popular Sovereignty |
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Fugitive act |
Made it a crime to help the slaves |
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Free soils party |
Anti-slavery political party |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
Free the slaves in the rebellious states |
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Dred Scott |
Supreme court ruling that slaves were not citizens/congress had no authority in the territories/made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. The Northerners were outraged/ Southerners were pleased |
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Jefferson Davis |
President of the Confederates States |
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Abraham Lincoln |
President of the Union States/opposed to popular sovereignty |
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Fort sumter |
Civil War started April 12, 1861 |
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John Crittenden |
He wanted to amend the constitution to allow slavery in the territories |
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John Brown |
Was an abolitionist who used violence to try t end slavery |
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Why were those that bob posed slavery outraged by the Dred Scott Decision? |
The Supreme Court ruled the Missouri compromise unconstitutional, and the decision supported the notion the slaves were property. The federal government did not have the authority to ban slavery in any territory |
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How did the Southern states justify secession? |
Lincoln was elected without a single vote in the South. South thought that the national government no longer represented them on their interests. They feared Lincoln would end slavery. |
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Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
It divided Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska, and it started that voters in each territory would decide whether or not to allow slavery |
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What was the result of the Kansas Nebraska act? |
The act lead to violence and an attempt to control government, and the votes. |
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What event led to the outbreak of war? |
When President Lincoln sent supplies to Fort Sumter, The confederates attacked and took control of the fort. As a result President Lincoln ordered volunteers to fight the confederacy |
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Lincoln believed he had to change the goals of the war. Explain the change. |
The Emancipation Proclamation is a change in his goals. He said he would free the slaves living in the states of the confederacy which were in "rebellion". Lincoln believed the constitution gave the union whatever powers it needed to preserve itself and had the authority in time of war. He thought that emancipating the slaves in states in "rebellion" was a military necessity to put an end to secession. He issued an ultimatum to the seceded states to return to the union by Nee year's Day or freedom will be extended to all slaves. |
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Explain why the Emancipation Proclamation is a fit and necessary war measure? How is the emancipation proclamation war propaganda? Upon what authority does Lincoln issue the proclamation? What was The ultimate impact of the Emancipation Proclamation
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It was to put an end to secession. It was intended as war propaganda to notify the south that the war was being fought to preserve the Union and free the slaves. Lincoln stated he would free the slaves in rebellious states and symbolically redefine the war ad being "about slavery". Lincoln stated the powers of the Constitution gave the Union power to preserve itself. In time of war he had the authority to use this powers. On December 18, 1865 the 13th amendment declared slavery illegal in every part of the newly restored. union
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Opposition to slavery led to the creation of the _____________ |
Republican Party |
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Opposition to slavery led to the creation of the _____________ |
Republican Party |
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The Civil War began ___________ |
April 12, 1861 |
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Opposition to slavery led to the creation of the _____________ |
Republican Party |
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The Civil War began ___________ |
April 12, 1861 |
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Gettysburg was the turning point for the _____________ |
Union |
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Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of war was to ________ |
Preserve the nation |
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_________ is the first battle of the Civil War. |
Fort Sumter |
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Lee surrendered to Grant at _______________ |
Appomattox Courthouse |
