The Coming of War
The Souths way of life before the Civil War, consisting of large economy movers and small-scale subsistence farming.
What is the agrarian - or agricultural - society?
Because of weak leaders in the two national political parties, this political party found success with its Anti-Slavery platform
The Republican Party
What is South Carolina?
This event signified the defeat of the Confederacy in the Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett's Charge
What is the 13th Amendment?
It bans slavery
This allowed for California to enter as a free state and increased enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This showed Northerners that the ultimate question of slavery might only be solved through more drastic means.
What is John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
Because he was a moderate - this man was chosen to lead the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
To ensure total victory, the union employed the Anaconda Plan in 1861. What did this plan entail?
Blockade Southern Ports, Split the Confederacy in Two along the MS River
This is total war on grand display
Sherman's March to the Sea
Why did violence erupt in "Bleeding Kansas"?
Further increasing tensions in the 1850s, the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott when by saying this...
Slaves are property, not people, and therefore can not sue for freedom.
What were the advantages held by the North at the outbreak of war?
Population
Resources
Manufacturing
Railroads
Navy
Established govt
Because slavery and the railroad were no longer questions/major issues, this piece of legislation passed congress
What is the Homestead Act?
Minie ball. Landmines. Gatling gun.
This man is known as one of the most useless presidents who dies just 16 months into office.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
The Missouri Compromise
Because of the leadership of this man, the South had superior military leadership in the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Antietam was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War, but it was even more important for another reason.
It allowed Lincoln to issue to Emancipation Proclamation.
What separated General US Grant from the other Union Generals?
This principle underlined Sen. Stephen Douglass' Kansas-Nebraska Act to incorporate new states into the union and ultimately led to greater tension in the United States in the 1850s.
What is popular sovereignty?
Early in his career, Abraham Lincoln believed this about African Americans...
They were not social or political equals to whites, but shared common natural rights.
The election of 1860 symbolized what about politics in America?
The parties were no longer national entities, they were regional and supported only that regions beliefs
The Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to all slaves. Which slaves were not included?
Those in Union occupied territory - border states, LA, TN
Define total war
A strategy of war to not just weaken an enemy's military, but also its economy and citizenry