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HIST 1301.1S3
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3rd Grade
07/05/2012

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Term
Stephen Douglas
Definition
democratic senator from Illinois
popular sovereignty
proposes compromise to end issue of slavery
Douglas V. Lincoln Debates
Election 1860 V. Bell & Lincoln (Lincoln wins)
Term
Charles Sumner
Definition
senator
speech criticizing slavery in south-to butler: lying down w/the whore of slavery
beat upside head by Preston Brooks (Sumner's cousin)
Term
Missouri Compromise
Definition
pro-slavery and anti-slavery agreement
prohibited slavery in former Louisiana territory north of 36 30
except within boundaries set by missouri
Term
Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
encouraged south to rejoin union
choice of carrot or stick (offering slavery as carrot)
did not free slaves in union
only to preserve union not abolition
Term
54-40 or fight!
Definition
Oregon boundary dispute
British V. US claims
fur trade
Term
Henry Clay
Definition
"The Great Compromiser"
leader of whig party
proposes recharter for national bank-Tyler vetoes
compromise of 1850
Term
Daniel Webster
Definition
secretary of state
increased nationalistic views
whig leader
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
wanted to preserve union
Term
Wilmot Proviso
Definition
would have banned slavery in any territory acquired from mexico in mexican war
David Wilmot proposed
2 million intended for negotiation plus proviso in mexican-american war
Term
Dred Scott Decision
Definition
missouri law precedent; not federal jurisdiction
ability of blacks to bring suit
Missouri compromise unconstitutional
does not support popular sovereignty
based off strong racism
Term
Fort Sumter
Definition
Charleston, SC
not independent if troops from north maintain stand off
Robert Anderson sends for food to union
Lincoln assures south no war contraband; food
CSA attacks
union forced to surrender
first shots of civil war
Term
John Brown
Definition
abolitionist
pro-slavery hacker
weapons needed
effort for slave rebellion
Harper's ferry, VA failure
Term
"Free soil"
Definition
Free soil party
single-issue third party
anti-slavery factions from whigs and democrats
against slavery in western territories
Term
Anaconda
Definition
Anaconda Plan
union's strategy
constrict south and swallow-Brigade along coast and Mississippi river
cuts of trade in and out
divides south along E/W and N/S
Term
Zachary Taylor
Definition
will veto any compromise bill
12th president
planter/slaveholder
military veteran "old rough and ready"
died shortly after inaugural address (rain storm-no jacket-pneumonia)
Term
Joseph Smith
Definition
mormon movement
published book of Mormon on tablets
thousands of followers
continued by Brigham young
Term
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Definition
1854
popular sovereignty
stephen douglas proposed
organized kansas and nebraska territory
transcontinental railroad built through kansas
divides whig party
Term
14th Amendment
Definition
established citizenship basic rights cannot be taken away w/o due process of law
Term
Paternalism
Definition
Paternal Institution
take care of slaves like a father
growing opposition increases harshness, strickening of slaver
Term
Nat Turner
Definition
nathaniel turner's rebellion
slave rebellion
bloodiest uprising
trialed and hanged
Term
Reconstruction
Definition
vice president Andrew Johnson
southerner fought against large plantation owners
leaniant plan of reconstruction
Term
Popular sovereignty
Definition
democratic party platform-Douglas
people wield political power
kansas-nebraska act
Term
Gabriel Prosser
Definition
skilled slave-blacksmith
find work on his own
organizes plot to end slavery
tried and executed
Term
San Jacinto
Definition
Sam Houston sends scouts
sneak attack
surrender from Santa Anna
treaty signed and gained TX independence form Mexico
Term
Freeport Doctrine
Definition
Douglas- states can prevent slavery if wanted
undermined slave codes
regulated slavery
Term
George McClellan
Definition
outwardly arrogant but inwardly cowardly
cautious in battle
first general of union
Lincoln V. McClellan (D) election of 1864
Term
Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
new appointed general of union army
last in class at west point
drunk
leads to victory in Vicksburg and Appomattox (courthouse)
Butcher's Bill
Term
Congressional Reconstruction
Definition
Radical reconstruction
strict republicans
freemen's bureau
negotiate slaves and labor contracts
creates schools-path to equality and success
right for black man to own property
Term
Black codes
Definition
social order
poll tax-pay to vote
widespread tool to prevent blacks from voting
literacy tests-proof of literacy-cheated
undermines blacks-racism-bias
Term
Scalawags
Definition
worthless scrappy cattle
whites born and raised in south against slavery
traitors to CSA
republicans
helped send blacks to congress
Term
James K. Polk
Definition
11th president of US
jacksonian democrat
54 50 or fight!
Mexican-American war for Texas annexation
Term
Sharecropping
Definition
free slaves working on plantation when enslaved
binding contract between black and plantation owner
spiraling system of debt-buy on credit
"individual laborers"
Term
James Buchanan
Definition
favor of popular sovereignty
"doe face"
congress ready to support but one
worst president
avoids taking sides
noticed error on list from Lecompton Kansas, all from Cincinnati
Term
Windfield Scott
Definition
too fat to lead union soldiers
oversaw strategy of war-anaconda plan
Term
Gettysburg
Definition
Battle of Gettsyburg
Lee attacks side planks
General Pickett charges straight into union army; dessmimated
generals in CSA chose not serve under Lee b/c of loss
bloodiest battle of the war
Lincoln fires Meade
Term
Compromise of 1850
Definition
settles TX and New Mexico boundaries
CA allowed to enter as a free slave state
New Mexico, Utah popular sovereignty
fugitive slave law-right to travel north to apprehend runaways
personal liberty laws-guaranteed blacks free in free states
new fugitive slave law-report runaway slaves-corrupt judge
Term
Contraband
Definition
slaves sought union army
war material
confederates can't get them back
Term
Know-nothing Party
Definition
Term
Gag Resolution
Definition
(Gag Rule)
Congress passes law prohibiting speech and slavery on the floor of congress
Term
Fugitive slave Law
Definition
were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.
Term
Slave Power
Definition
denounce the political power of the slaveholding class in the South
small group of rich men had seized political control of their own states and was trying to take over the national government in illegitimate fashion to use it to expand and protect slavery
Term
Bull Run
Definition
was the first battle of the civil war, the union army was winning most of the battle until stone wall jackson held his troops and fought back until the union army fled. This made the north realize that this was not going to be an easy fight
Term
Minie Ball
Definition
muzzle-loading spin-stabilizing rifle bullet
Claude-Étienne Minié, inventor of the Minié rifle.
It came to prominence in the American Civil War.
Term
Robert E. Lee
Definition
Commanding General of the Confederate army during the civil war, he wouldn't fight anywhere else but Virgnia because that was his home state that he sworn himself to defend
Term
Frederick Douglass
Definition
was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement
Term
Sam Houston
Definition
General of Texans in the battle for their independence
Was a nineteenth-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He is best known for his leading role in bringing Texas into the United States.
Term
Bleeding Kansas
Definition
was a series of violent political confrontations involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory
Term
13th Amendment
Definition
Abolished slavery
Term
15th Amendment
Definition
prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (for example, slavery).
It was ratified on February 3, 1870. The Fifteenth Amendment is one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Term
Republican Party
Definition
Founded in northern states in 1854 by anti-slavery activists, modernizers, ex-Whigs and ex-Free Soilers, the Republican Party quickly became the principal opposition to the dominant Democratic Party and the briefly popular Know Nothing Party.
The main cause was opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise by which slavery was kept out of Kansas.
The Republicans saw the expansion of slavery as a great evil.
The first public meeting where the name "Republican" was suggested for a new anti-slavery party
Term
40 acres and a mule
Definition
a short living policy
Providing land to black former slaves
Term
Andrew Johnson
Definition
Reconstruction president, was the 17th president of the United States of America
Term
Trickster Tale
Definition
Stories told by black slaves that reflected life and helped them communicate through stories without letting their plantation owners truly letting them know what they were talking about
Term
Trickster Tale
Definition
Stories told by black slaves that reflected life and helped them communicate through stories without letting their plantation owners truly letting them know what they were talking about
Term
Stephen Austin
Definition
Father of Texas, dad Moses Austin started the colony of Austin in Texas but died shortly after having Stephen take over!
Term
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Definition
was a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and British North American Colonies
Term
Lecompton Constitution
Definition
constitution provided for a referendum that allowed voters the choice of allowing more slaves to enter the territory.
Term
Jefferson Davis
Definition
was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history.
Term
William T. Sherman
Definition
was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Captured Atlanta and burned it and all crop feilds, tore up railroads and pretty much destroyed everything that might come of use to the south
Term
Compromise of 1877
Definition
refers to a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election, and ended Reconstruction in The South
1) The removal of all federal troops from the former Confederate States.
2) The appointment of at least one Southern Democrat to Hayes's cabinet
3) The construction of another transcontinental railroad using the Texas and Pacific in the South
4) Legislation to help industrialize the South and get them back on their feet after the terrible loss during the Civil War.
In exchange, Democrats would:
5) Peacefully accept Hayes's presidency.
6) Respect blacks' rights
Term
Carpetbaggers
Definition
In United States history, carpetbagger was a pejorative term Southerners gave to Northerners (also referred to as Yankees) who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era, between 1865 and 1877.
Term
Ku Klux Klan
Definition
The first Klan flourished in the Southern United States in the late 1860s, then died out by the early 1870s. White Supermestists group against other races such as blacks that they found inferior
Term
Freedmen's Bureau
Definition
aided disressed freedmen such as black slaves after the end of the civil war and slavery
Term
Redeemers
Definition
Term used by white southereners to describe a political coalition. Regain control of southern government. Redeem south by evils of black man
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