Compromise
This was a series of agreements, including California joining as a free state, and allowing new territories to use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery
The Compromise of 1850
Anti-immigrant attitudes and an opposition to new immigration characterized this philosophy/idea
Nativism
This side of the conflict hoped to use its advantage in total population, manufacturing, and an established Navy to end the war
North / Union
A lenient approach was advocated for by this Republican president. If not for his assassination, he may have seen it carried out more successfully
Lincoln
This amendment provided the final abolishment of slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
The Compromise of 1850 included this act, which would capture and return more slaves to the South
Fugitive Slave Act
Economic divisions separated the North and South. The North's economy had grown increasingly dependent on this for its economic growth, which would prove helpful in the way
The Northern strategy centered on isolating and slowly strangling the south, and was appropriately named for a large reptile
Anaconda Plan
Lincoln was followed by this president, who as a Southern Democrat, proved even more lenient by issuing additional pardons and opposing major federal intervention in the South
Johnson
Despite the fact that the moon and stars existed during this era, we did not yet cover this race, much to Adam's continued frustration
The Space Race
Legislators hoped that popular sovereignty would lead to compromise in two present day states. Those state names were given to this act about that attempted compromise
Kansas and Nebraska Act
Southern Paternalism
After the victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued this, freeing slaves in the rebellious territories (though, practically, almost no slaves became free when it was issued)
Emancipation Proclamation
This alliterative group wanted a more aggressive reconstruction that would pursue a larger transformation of Southern Society, perhaps by developing manufacturing industries and disbanding the planter aristocracy
Radical Republicans
The Compromise of 1877 ensured this man would become president, in exchange for the removal of Federal troops from the South
Rutherford B. Hayes
After this court decision, individuals in the North had much less hope that their anti-slavery views could win out
Dred Scott Decision
Southerners feared this man's attack on Harper's Ferry was a prelude to larger violent uprisings against slavery
John Brown
DAILY DOUBLE
This Union general was willing to commit the troops necessary to take advantage of the North's numbers advantage. He led the victory at Vicksburg, and would later become president
The Constitution was amended to protect voting rights for blacks, citizenships rights across the country, and formally abolishing slavery, with these amendments
Reconstruction Amendments OR 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
Ku Klux Klan
Republican & Democrat
One of Alexander Stephens' speech to the Confederate Legislature argued that slavery is the "natural and normal condition" for blacks, illustrating this ideological undercurrent
Racism
Southerners were angry about this man's March to the Sea, when he destroyed railroads, storehouses, farms, and other Southern infrastructure
Sherman
White Southerners criticized supporters of reconstructing by using these two terms for newly arrived northerners and southerners who supported republicans
Carpetbaggers & Scalawags
To see Nativist ideas in film, we watched a one minute clip from this Martin Scorsese film, starring Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio (with an appearance by Liam Neeson)
Gangs of New York