Political
What was the first ever anti-slavery party?
The Liberty Party
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act affect things?
It caused increased tensions as Northerners and Southerners began flooding into the two states in order to vote and turn it into a slave state or a free state.
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin and how did it affect people's view on slavery?
What are Greenbacks?
The first instance of paper money used in the US
What advantages did the North have during the Civil War?
Larger population, better manufacturing industry to make weapons and supplies, railroad system to transport supplies, and a good navy
How did the Election of 1860 worsen tensions between the North and South?
Lincoln was elected and despite the fact that he was considered a moderate republican, slave states beleived that their claim to slavery was going to be attacked.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
A proposal to ban slavery in the territory gained in the Mexican-American War
Who was John Brown?
An abolitionist who beleived that the only way for slavery to be eradicated was with violence
What are carpetbaggers?
Northerners who moved to the south after the war to profit from Reconstruction
What advantages did the Confederacy have during the Civil War?
Why did moderates view immediate emancipation as too radical?
They feared the lack of slaves would cause economic collapse and conflict between slave owners and abolitionists that would eventually lead to disunion.
Why was the South unhappy with the Missouri Compromise?
The South was left with little room to make new states, guarenteeing that the Free states would outnumber the Slave states.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
A group of white supremacists that formed after the Civil War and used extreme violence
What was the Young American movement?
A political movement among young adult in the 1840’s and 1850’s advocating capitalism and expansion
What was the Anaconda Plan?
A plan to block the Southern ports and the Missippi River in order to prevent the South from getting supplies
What was the Dread Scott Decision and what did it do?
It determined that a slave named Dread Scott was still property to his slave owner, despite the fact that he was in a free state, it undid the Missouri Compromise.
What was Popular Sovereignty?
Allowed for a population of a potential state to vote on whether or not they would be a free or slave state
What were the Black Codes?
Laws that dictated what Black Americans could and couldn't do. It was used to push people back into slavery adjacent systems.
What was sharecropping?
a system where farmers worked someone else’s land in exchange for some of the crops, led to severe debt cycles
Why did the Emancipation Proclomation matter?
It redefined why the war was being fought and brought the Union together so the war could be fought more effectively
What was the Mississippi Plan?
A plan to use violence against Black voters by Mississippi Democrats to intimadate them and lessen the power of their vote in order to bring the Democratic Party back in power
How did the Gold Rush affect the balance between slave and free states?
It caused an influx of people to flood into California, making it applicable to apply to be a free state and it was passed.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?
It made it legal for people to hunt down African Americans in the North and forced locals to comply with the hunts
What was the Pacific Railway Act?
Created the first continental railroad between the Union and the West, allowing for Westward Expansion to pick up, give the millitary easier travel, and helped the economy to grow
What was Lincoln's 10% plan?
A plan to allow Confederate stes to rejoin the Union if 10% of their voters took a loyalty oath to the US and accepted emancipation