Manifest Destiny
What is Manifest destiny?
The idea that it was Americans' destiny to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
What President was elected in 1860, causing South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Describe the differences between the North and the South at the beginning of the war
North - more people, more factories, more technology, more railroads
South - Agricultural less of all the above. Slave plantation economy
What was Lincoln/Johnson's general view of reconstruction (Presidential Reconstruction)?
- More merciful
- Wanted states to rejoin rapidly
- Loyalty oaths
- 13th Amendment
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
Organization dedicated to helping new emancipated slaves.
What territories were gained by the United States from the mexican-american war?
- American southwest
- Utah/New mexico territory + California
- Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo
What were 2 consequences of the Dred Scott case?
1. Ruled that blacks could not sue government because they had no rights
2. Ruled that missouri compromise was unconstitutional
What was the "first battle" of the Civil War?
Where did it happen?
Fort Sumter
South Carolina
What is the 13th Amendment of the US constitution?
Abolished Slavery
Many southern states placed harsh laws on African Americans after the Civil War to replace the slave codes. These were called...
The Black Codes
What was the big problem with adding new territory from the Mexican American war?
- Are they going to be slave states or free states?
- Increased tension between slave states and free states
- Increased sectionalism
What is Bleeding Kansas
- Kansas had popular sovereignty. So people could vote for or against slavery.
- Free soilers and slave owners moved there to make Kansas a free/slave state. Violence occurred
Why did President Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus?
To ensure the people in the north supported the war effort
- Wanted to PUNISH the south
- Ensured rights of new emancipated slaves
- US Military would separate south into military zones and be controlled by Army.
What is the importance of the battle of Vicksburg in the Civil War?
- Gave Union control of the Mississippi river
- Cut off confederate supplies
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty and special political interest to a region of the country
North - against slavery
South - for slavery
Westerners - focused on different issues, mix of both
Describe the compromise of 1850
- California is a free state
- Popular Sovereignty for Utah/New Mexico Territories
- New Fugitive Slave Law
What were 2 major consequences of the battle of antietam?
1 stopped first invasion of the confederates to the north
2 gave Lincoln opportunity to do emanicpation proclamation
3 prevented foreign alliances for Confederates
What are the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution.
14 - Equal protection under the law/citizenship to emancipated slaves
15 - Right of black men to vote
Who is William Sherman?
Northern General who won the Battle of Atlanta and did the famous "march to the sea"
USED "TOTAL WAR"
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
- Missouri becomes a slave state
- Maine becomes a free state
- New Territories north of the 36th parallel are free, below it are slave states
What is the Kansas- Nebraska Act?
- Gave the kansas/nebraska territories popular sovereignty.
- Increased tension between slave states and free states
Explain the importance of the Battle of Gettysburg
- Turning point in the war (for the Union)
- 50,000 people died
- Lincoln's Gettysburg address happened after
What was the result of President Johnson's impeachment?
- Congress took over reconstruction
Explain the importance of:
Ulysses S Grant
Robert E Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Grant - leader of the union army
Lee - leader of the confederate army
Jackson - Good confederate general who dies during the war hurting the confederacy.