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27 Cards in this Set
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What's the situation in Kansas in 1856?
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You've got free towns and slave towns
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What happens to the free state town of Laurence?
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A pro-slavery mob comes in, burns shit down, and destroys the printing press.
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What is the sack of Laurence?
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The destruction of the town of Laurence by pro-slavery group in Kansas.
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Who was John Brown?
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Eccentric abolitionist who, in response to the sack of Laurence, and kill some pro-slavers in Pottawotomie Creek
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Damage of violence in Kansas? What is this violence named?
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200 murders, 2million dollars in damage.
Bleeding Kansas. |
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Where does the American Civil War start?
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"Bleeding" Kansas 1856
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Who does Charles Sumner focus his anti-slavery speech on?
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A. P. Butler
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What does Preston Brooks do to Charles Sumner
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beats the SHIT out of him
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Buchanan does what?
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Makes a platform with half-Southerners and half-Northerners.
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What is Dred Scott?
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A slave.
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What is Roger B, Taney's judicial explanation for his ruling?
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1. Dred Scott lacks citizen status
2. No state had granted blacks citizenship. 3. "Negroes have, for more than a century, been so inferior that the white man has no rights to respect" |
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What is the Freeport Doctrine?
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Slave owners can enter free states but they will be heavily hated
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Republican party has what 4 platforms?
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1. No expansion of slavery
2. Protective tariff from manufacturing 3.liberal/easier naturalization 4. internal improvements (trains) |
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How do Secessionist argue that secession is legal?
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-United is an adjective
-We joined the union by ratifying the US constitution -Repeal the ratification and they are no longer in the Union. |
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How do opponents of Secession argue that secession is illegal.
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-United is a noun
-Once you join, you're in. |
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How many original states joined the Confederate States of America?
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7
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VP of the Confederacy?
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Alexander H. Stevens
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What are the 3 changes to the Confederate constitution from the original?
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1. Confederate president serves a 6 year single term.
2.International slave trade is outlawed 3. Confederate has line-item veto power. |
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What is line-item veto?
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The ability to veto a single line of a bill.
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Why is Fort Sumter important?
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1. It's seen as the start of the war.
2. Lincoln can now argue that they are being attacked. |
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Which states that originally did NOT secede, secede after Lincoln asked for volunteers?
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Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina
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The two opposing capitals were how far apart from each other?
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100 miles
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What is the Cordon Defense?
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No expansion, no backing up.
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Why did Davis NEED to use the Cordon Defense?
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How do you have central control if your nation is made up of sovereign states? Do that by making every state important.
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What's the Anaconda Plan?
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Blockade the South's imports and exports, then go up rivers
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Who predicted WW1?
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Ivan Bloch
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What does the Revenue Act do?
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1. Increase income tax from one to two percent.
2. Creates new taxes on corporation surpluses/capital 3. Lifts surchage to 13% on incomes over 2 million dollars |
