Pre-Civil War
What was popular Sovereignty?
The right of newly established or acquired states to vote on whether they would be a free or slave state
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln.
This was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860, following the election of Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina
What was the reconstruction?
The U.S. Government worked to rebuild the South and restore the southern states to the Union.
In the Mexican-American War, Mexico surrendered, and negotiations began on the Treaty of…
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What party was Lincoln in before he joined the Republican?
Whig
Unions Strength and weakness
Strengths: Population Manpower, Industrial and economic power
Weakness: Lack of skill generals, small navy, inexperienced.
For most of the Civil War, the main capital of the Confederacy was this Virginia city
Richmond
What is segregation?
The forced separation of races in public places and housing.
What did John Wilkes Booth say to Lincoln
Sic semper tyrannis
Why did the Republican Party Form?
The party was established to oppose the expansion of slavery into new western territories
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
A U.S General known for his victory at Vicksburg.
The Confederacy elected this former U.S. Senator and Secretary of War as its only president
Jefferson Davis
What rights did freed slaves have?
Citizenship, voting, and land.
After a defeat at the Alamo, Texans led by Sam Houston defeated Mexico & proclaimed the…
Lone Star Republic
Who was the president right before Lincoln?
James Buchanan
Unions Major advantage at the beginning of the Civil War?
Higher wage and better benefits, economic and social progress, and Improving work conditions.
The commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he led the Confederate forces at Gettysburg and surrendered at Appomattox
Robert E. Lee
What were the four acres and a mule?
The unfilled promise made to formerly enslaved African Americans after the Civil War.
This acquired Mexican territory added an additional 525,000 miles to U.S territory.
The Mexican Cession
What happened at Harpers Ferry in 1859?
John Brown launched a raid on an armory at Harpers Ferry to seize weapons and initiate a slave rebellion
What were two Unions tactics to defeat the South?
Total War, March of the sea.
This border state split when 50 western counties seceded from it to rejoin the Union in 1963
West Virginia
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
A government agency created to provide food, shelter, medical aid, and education for newly freed slaves and poor whites in the South.
Who was president between 1845-1849
James K. Polk