Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
35 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
3 parts of the missouri compromise
|
1)Missouri became a slave state
2)Maine became a free state 3)Imaginary line drawn at 36.30, Above=free, below = slave |
MMI
|
|
|
Sectionalism
|
loyalism to one's section or home state/region rather tha the whole country
ex(north v.s. south) |
-ism
|
|
|
Popular sovereignty
|
control by the people
|
|
|
|
Secede
|
to remove from
ex(Southern states secede from the union) |
south+ North
South--------North |
|
|
The comromise of 1850
|
-California is a free state
-Ended slave trade in Washington , DC -Divided Mex. Cession between New. Mex. and Utah -Strict fugitive slave law -settled a border dispute between Texas and New. Mex. |
|
|
|
The fugitive slave law of 1850
|
-required all northerners to return runaway slaves or be fined $1000
|
|
|
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
-written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
-controversial novel of a slave being whipped to death |
|
|
|
Kansas-Nebraska act
|
-Nebraska territory is divided between Neb. and Kansas voted by pop. sovereignty
-proposed by Stephen Douglass |
|
|
|
Bleeding Kansas
|
border ruffians voted illegally and armed gangs killed civilians
|
|
|
|
John Brown
|
A freesoil fanatic, led 5 men to pottawattomie creek and killed 5 proslavery settlers
|
|
|
|
Dred Scott Decision
|
slavery was legal in all states, court ruled tha the could not file a lawsuit, not given freedom
|
|
|
|
Abraham Lincoln
|
a young republican, born in kentucky, won election of 1860 and was union president
|
|
|
|
Confederate States of America
|
named Jefferson Davis president, South Carolina was the first state to secede
|
The South Left The North And Valiant Men Fought At Gettysburg
(CSA) |
|
|
Fort Sumter
|
first battle of civil war
union surrendered it to the CSA |
|
|
|
Racism
|
The belief that one race is superior to another
|
|
|
|
Union advantages
|
-$$$$
-Railroads -more population -More factories -Strong Navy -abraham Lincoln |
|
|
|
Union Disadvantages
|
-Huge area to conquer
-Long suplly lines -offensive war -Unfamiliar territory |
|
|
|
Confederate Soldiers advantages
|
-Well trained officers
-Robert E Lee -Hunting and riding skills -defensive war -Knew the terrain |
|
|
|
Confederate Soldiers disadvantages
|
-$$$
-less population -less rail roads -States governments -Weak navy -less factories |
|
|
|
Robert E LEE
|
-commander of the CSA army
-Tactitian and best confederate general |
|
|
|
"stonewall" Jackson
|
-Confederate general
-Killed by a conferderate sentry -Stonewall in battle |
|
|
|
Battle of Antietam
|
-no side was a clear winner, although the union claimed a victory
-23,000 casualties on both sides |
|
|
|
Battles of Fredericksburg and chancellorsville
|
-Bad defeats for the union
- hight cost for victory -many CSA casualties |
|
|
|
Ulysses s Grant
|
-Captured Ft Donelson and Ft Henry on the Tennessee River
-Union's best general |
|
|
|
Battle of Shiloh
|
-confederates won
-Very bloody battle |
|
|
|
Emancipate
|
to free
|
EP
|
|
|
Emancipation Proclamation
|
was issued to free all slaves in the confederacy, issued on January 1st , 1863
|
|
|
|
54th Massachusetts Regiment
|
-first all black unit
-commanded by Robert Gould Shaw -fought at Ft Wagner |
"Glory"-film
|
|
|
Draft Law
|
-required all men betewwn the ages of 20-40 to join the army, you could pay $300 to avoid it
|
|
|
|
The Battle of Gettysburg
|
-The confederates worst defeat
-union's well-needed victory -last major battle of the civil war -40,000 total casualties |
|
|
|
Total War
|
war against civilians as well as soldiers
|
|
|
|
Sherman's March to the sea
|
Destroyed miles of railroad track ad framland and captured Atlanta, Georgia
|
|
|
|
Sheridan in the Shenandoah
|
destroyed all farmland and useful equipment to the CSA
|
|
|
|
Lee Surrenders at Apottomax courthouse
|
Lee surrenders 25,000 men, no prisoners, war is over, officers keep pistols and swords, soldiers keep horses
|
|
|
|
Total Casualties of the civil war
|
360,000 Union
258,000 Confederate |
|
