Sectionalism
Loyalty to a particular region of the nation over loyalty to the country as a whole.
What was sectionalism?
The land was good for growing cotton.
What made the Native American land east of the Mississippi valuable?
States rights and the fear that Lincoln would outlaw slavery nation-wide.
What were the reasons behind SC secession?
Only wanted to secede if all of the other southern states seceded with them.
Who were cooperationists?
Was used as a launching point to attack Charleston.
What was Port Royal?
"Slaves are better treated in the south than factory workers in the north."
What was the "positive good?"
"Before the war."
Raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia to gain weapons to arm slaves and start a slave rebellion.
Who was John Brown?
Wanted to remain with the Union.
Who were the Unionists?
Name for the defensive Confederate startegy to use cotton to finance the Civil War.
What was King Cotton Diplomacy?
The Denmark Vesey plot.
What made slave codes more strict?
Removed Native Americans from land valuable to cotton growers.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
What was the south's argument about the expansion of slavery?
Wanted to secede from the Union.
Who were fire-eaters/secessionists?
Battle that was a departure from the defensive confederate militaty startegy.
What was Gettysburg?
The Stono Rebellion.
What made slave codes more strict?
Stated that Indian land was sovereign territory.
What was the supreme court decision of Worcerster v. Georgia?
Conflict between SC and the federal government regarding the power of the states to determine conssitutionality.
What was the nullification crisis?
Why did the South dislike protective tariffs?
1) Blockade southern ports
2) Destroy southern infrastructre
3) Take control of the Mississippi River
4) Attack Richmond, Virginia
What was the Anaconda Plan/four point plan?
Made slave owners more determined to keep their slaves.
What was the abolitionist movement?
Deadly journey taken by the Cherkokee from their ancestral homeland to Oklahoma.
What was the Trail of Tears?
What happened to guarantee Lincoln's victory in the Election of 1860?
The Democrats split their votes between two candidates.
Stated that Arican Americans were not citizens, slaves were property, and that property could be taken anywhere within the USA. Effectively legalized slavery nation-wide.
What was the Dred Scott decision?
Primary way that slaves were freed during the Civil War.
What was Union military force?