Unit 4 Study Review

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This was the nickname the North gave to Southern slavery

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The peculiar institution

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This referred to the economy of the South that centered around this certain crop

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King Cotton

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He led a slave revolt in Virginia in 1831which resulted in the deaths of 60 whites.

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Nat Turner

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This party was formed on a platform favoring the Wilmot Proviso and free land for settlers. They did not oppose slavery, just the spreading of it

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Free Soil Party

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This was a belief that slavery was evil. It gradually became a powerful movement against slavery during the antebellum years of America

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Abolitionism

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This was Henry Clay’s last compromise and it postponed the Civil War for 11 years. California’s admission and a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

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Compromise of 1850

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These laws were passed in the North and inhibited the extradition of runaway slaves. These were created in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law.

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Personal Liberty laws

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This was a secret organization that was founded by Harriet Tubman to help slaves flee to the North

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Underground railroad

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This was a policy to acquire Cuba as a slave state. It allowed the U.S. to seize Cuba if Spain did not sell it.

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Ostend Manifesto

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He was a very weak president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law and tried to acquire Hawaii, Japan and Cuba during his presidency

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Franklin Pierce

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It allowed people of the territory to decide if they were going to legalize slavery or not

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Popular soveriengty

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Northern and Southern forces fought over the issue of slavery which resulted in bloodshed

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Bleeding Kansas

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He beat Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate because he felt he was being insulted

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Preston Brooks

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This was the constitution of the government of Kansas that supported slavery. It stated that whether the constitution was ratified or not, slavery would be allowed in Kansas

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Lecompton Constitution

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He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court just before the Civil War. His decision on Dred Scott v Sanford made slavery legal in all of the U.S.

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Roger Taney

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It was the first sectional party whose platform was anti-slavery and pro business

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Republicans

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He was the senator from Illinois who wrote the Kansas Nebraska Act and the Freeport Doctrine

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Stephen Douglas

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Hailed in the North as a martyr and considered a lunatic in the South, he was a radical abolitionist

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john brown

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Stephen Douglas’ argument that popular sovereignty should be used in new territories and the Dred Scott case was legal

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Freeport Doctrine

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He wrote the book The Impending Crisis which was against slavery. He said the non-slave holding whites were the ones who suffered the most from slavery

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Hinton R. Helper

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This was a U.S. fort in Charleston, South Carolina which was the first battle of the Civil War

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Fort Sumter

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He was the Confederate general that lead the south in the war

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Robert E. Lee

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This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War and was the first Union victory in the eastern theater

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Antietam

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Lincoln’s failed attempt to free slaves in rebellious states while allowing slavery in border states

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Emancipation Proclamation

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They were extreme Northern Democrats who believed the Union could be united if slavery were not attacked

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Copperheads

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He became President after Lincoln’s assassination and was disliked very much

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Andrew Johnson

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It was the first attempt at Reconstruction by Congress which provided for congressional administration of Reconstruction

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Wade-Davis Bill

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It was a secret organization that intimidated blacks from voting and dressed up in bed sheets

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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

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They were the Northern Republicans who went to the South to gain a quick political advancement and wealth

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Carpetbaggers

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This was the reconstruction plan that Congress used for 10 years. It divided the South into five military districts that would be run by the army

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Military Reconstruction Acts

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First engagement ever between two iron-clad naval vessels. The two ships battled in a portion of the Chesapeake Bay known as Hampton Roads for five hours on March 9, 1862, ending in a draw.

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Merrimac and Monitor

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This was the protesting of conscription into the Union army because the poor were drafted disproportionately

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New York Draft Riots

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He was the President of the Confederate States of America

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Jefferson Davis