Definitions
The state of being more complex
Diversified
Republican candidate for president in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
These were the border states that divided the north and the south
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
Southerners in Texas declared their independence from Mexico and founded this.
The Republic of Texas
He was a naval confederate officer who took his men to try to steal the Caleb Cushing
Charles Read
A political system in which there is two main political parties.
Two-party system
Ran as Vice President in 1860 and born in Paris, Maine.
Hannibal Hamlin
The North did not want slavery past this point
West of the Mississippi River
This ended the Mexican War and the U.S. won all land in the southwest from Texas to California.
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This is the date that Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, at Appomattox Court House
April 9, 1865
Many different people that come together to form one nation.
Pluralistic society
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Fort Sumter
the Compromise of 1850 enacted 5 laws. This is what they were.
- California would enter the Union as a free state
- the Fugitive Slave Act would be passed
- Slaves could no longer be bought and sold in Washington D.C.
- Texas would received millions of dollars to pay for damages in the Mexican War
- The rest of the Southwest would remain "unorganized" territory.
This is where General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain stopped the confederates from outflanking them
Little Round Top
The group of southern states that formed their own nation during the civil war.
Confederacy or The Confederate States of America.
During the Peninsula Campaign (June/July 1862), Seven Maine Regiments joined the huge Union army led by this person.
General George McClellan
This state was the location where this famous battle took place. This was the first time Maine soldiers were on the battle field and they panicked.
The first Bull Run (July 1861)
The political parties of the 1820s
Democrats and Whigs
The Compromise of 1850.
an army unit of about 1,000 soldiers.
Regiment
At Fredricksburg, soldiers from Maine were called into action by this Union Commander.
General Ambrose Burnside
These are the ridges that the opposing sides lined up on during the Battle of Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge (Union) and Seminary Ridge (Confederates)
The South thought that to end slavery would do this
destroy the souths economy
E Pluribus Unum means
One From Many.