What did South Carolina do to walk away/break away?
secede
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Describe the North
industrialized, mainly free, embracing technology and industry, busy cities, larger population, many immigrants
100
1819: Equal number of free and slave states=Equal rep in Senate, Free control House and Missouri wants in. Compromise is MO=slave state and Maine=free state, still equal and all lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase north of 36° 30′ N latitude would be free.
What's this whole deal called?
Missouri Compromise
100
Why is the Battle of Antietam significant?
President Lincoln claims it as his needed victory and issues the Emancipation Proclamation and it was the single bloodiest day in American history
100
Who won?
Union
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This law proposed prohibiting slavery in any land won from Mexico
Wilmot Proviso
200
Describe the South
lacks diversity, rural, agricultural focused on cotton, KING cotton, uses slave labor, lack of factories, has history of military tradition, very few large cities
The soldier would have to face doctors unused to surgery and potentially die from disease
200
How did the end of the Civil War affect African Americans in the South?
Those who were slaves were freed from slavery, many moved West and North and many had high hopes of life after the Civil War
300
What is popular sovereignty?
The idea of allowing people who live in the territory/state to decide if it will be prohibit slavery
300
Why do we remember Harriet Tubman?
She was an escaped slave who led many slaves to the North on the Underground Railroad
300
What was the Anaconda plan?
The Union's battle strategy to control Confederate Ports and the Mississippi River
300
What roles did women have?
spies, nurses, helped in camps, soldiers, guides
300
Where did the surrender take place? Was the war immediately over?
Appomattox Court House and No
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Law which required slaves to be returned to masters and demanded that citizens be helpful in returning slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
400
Why is the Election of 1860 significant?
Lincoln was elected which South Carolina saw as a breaking point because he won 0 electoral votes from the south and still was elected. They seceded and 9 other states followed them
400
Name two turning points in the war
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
400
Why did the draft/conscription anger men?
It unfairly fell on poor white men. Wealthy men could pay for substitutes and African Americans were exempt from the draft.
400
What happened to President Lincoln just 5 days after Lee's surrender?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
500
Why do we remember John Brown
He led a successful rebellion which killed slave owners and convinced the South that the North was against them
500
Why was Nat Turner's Rebellion significant?
It alarmed white Southerners with its violence by slaves against white slave owners and led to limits on religious practice of slaves, and further restricted slaves' rights
500
Differences between Thirteenth Amendment and the Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation-outlawed slavery in the states in rebellion, but not everywhere
Thirteenth Amendment-abolishes slavery
500
What do you think of Sherman's March?
Opinion and it was total war, General Sherman destroyed everything in his path striking civilian and military targets
500
How did President Lincoln and General Grant see the South after the war?
As a part of their country reunited, they were both unwilling to punish the South harshly