Causes of the Civil War
A person who morally against slavery
What is an abolitionist?
The first African American US army regiment
Who were the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
Laws created to limit the rights of blacks
What are the black codes?
Names of people white settlers who moved West and blacks who moved west.
Who are exodusters and homesteaders?
The act of massively producing something
What is Industrialization?
To break away
What is secede?
Name of the Northern Army
What is the Union Army?
These Northern politicians tried to dramatically help former slaves.
Who were Radical republicans?
The idea of making something seem better than it is.
What is romanticize?
Businessmen who cheated and schemed their way to the top
Who were robber barons?
The North ignored this, the South took advantage of this
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
New technological bullet used in the war
What is the Minie Ball?
Gave black men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
These are homes made from dirt
What are soddies?
Favoring native born Americans
What is nativism?
The idea that the people should decide the slave question
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The presidential act by Lincoln that labeled slaves as property
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These were Northerners who came South to profit off of the destruction.
Who were Carpetbaggers?
Educational Act that provided grants to states to build colleges
What is the Morrill Act?
The process of buying out all competitors
What is Horizontal Consolidation?
This person led the raid on Harper's Ferry to free the slaves
Who is John Brown?
The strategy of suffocating the south's resources
What is the Anaconda Plan?
System of using laws to rent out prisoners
What is Convict Leasing?
The point where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific companies met.
The idea that bloodline and heritage define your success
What is Social Darwinism?