Vocabulary
sectionalism
A devotion to the interests of one geographic region over the interests of the country as a whole
Eli Whitney
American inventor whose cotton gin changed cotton harvesting procedures and enabled large increases in cotton production
Explain all aspects of the underground railroad
It was a series of hiding places leading slaves from the south to the free north
was the Union's naval blockade of the South successful? Why or why not?
It seriously hurt South's economy. However, South began to use ironclads which easily sank Union's ships. After all though, the Union fleet forced Confederate ships to withdraw and the blockade continued.
How did the lives of African Americans change after the Civil War?
African Americans were able to do things like marry and travel freely for the first time. Many African American women began to work at home instead of in fields. Others looked for family members from whom they had been separated during their years of enslavement.
Manifest Destiny
A belief shared by many Americans in the mid-1800s that the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific ocean
Charles Sumner
A senator from MA, he was attacked by Preston Brooks with a cane over the issue of slavery
was the compromise of 1850 a good solution?
It was both a good and bad solution at the time. The Compromise stated that California was able to enter the Union as a free state and that the question of slavery in Utah and New Mexico would be decided be popular sovereignty
Explain the issue of the 'border states' as the Civil War was starting.
Lincoln didn't know which side the states would join and also the US capital was located in one of the border states
Planters
A large-scale farmer who held more than 20 slaves
John Calhoun
American politician and supporter of slavery and states' rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson
Why was the case of Dred Scott important?
The supreme court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and slaves were property, it made people outraged
Explain the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The main purpose of the E.P. was to weaken the South. It also encouraged slaves to go to the North and join the Union
what were the Black Codes and why were they passed?
The Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War with the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom
Pottawatomie Massacre
(1856) an incident in which abolitionist John Brown and seven other men murdered pro-slavery Kansans
Frederick Douglass
American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became a leading African American spokesman and writer
How did sectionalism affect American politics?
Sectionalism created a lot of trouble in politics. Those from certain parts of the United States would run their political campaign with promises to take care of the interests of that particular place.
Wilmot Proviso
(1846) a proposal to outlaw slavery in the territory added to the US by the Mexican Cession; passed in the House of Representatives but defeated in the Senate
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American woman suffrage leader, she organized the Seneca Falls Convention (first organized meeting for women's rights in the US)
What was the concept of popular sovereignty as related to slavery?
New states would have their citizens vote if they would become a slave or a free state
Name the main leaders of each side of the Civil War
Ulysses grant(north), William Sherman(north) and Robert E. Lee(south)
Explain the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson.
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans should be "separated but equal", it made segregation legal. After this ruling Jim Crow laws were passed in many states.