Renewing the Sectional Struggle
Who was the winner of the Election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher
Chief justice of Ex Parte Merryman case?
Roger B. Taney
Who was General McClennan?
The commander of the Army of the Potomac.
What were Black Codes?
Laws designed to regulate affairs of emancipated Blacks (slave statues).
Who gave the 7th of March Speech?
Daniel Webster
What were the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Lincoln (a republican) vs Douglas joint debates for the Senate Seat
Economic effects of Civil War in North versus in the South?
It was good for the North yet bad for the South.
Who won the Battle of Antietam?
Lincoln's army (Union).
When was the Purchase of Alaska and from who?
It was in 1867 and we bought Alaska from Russia.
Who signed the Compromise of 1850?
Millard Fillmore
Winner of the Senate Seat? (Lincoln vs Douglas)
Stephen Douglas
Paper money at face value.
What did Copperheads belive in?
They strongly opposed the war through attacks on the draft, etc.
What was Seward's Folly?
Purchase of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) by William Seward.
When did CA become a state?
September 9, 1850
Who was the leader of Bleeding Kansas?
John Brown
What was the Homestead Act?
A act in 1862 that gave Americans moving west 160 acres for a small fee and 5 years of residence.
When was Lincoln assassinated?
April 14, 1865
When was the Civil Rights Bill republished?
1866
What was the Ostend Manifesto?
A document that urged Spain to accept $120 million for Cuba.
They seceded from the Union.
What was the "crushed cotton kingdom"?
It was cotton capitalism lost to industrial capitalism.
What party did Lincoln run for in the Election of 1864?
Union Party
Role of Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Period?
The group growed and they aimed to keep Blacks in place.