Politics of Slavery
What party was founded when the Free-Soil Party joined forces with the northern Whigs and others?
the Republican Party
Describe Lincoln's views on slavery
They changed, although he generally opposed slavery.
General McClellan was relieved of duty after failing to follow which order from President Lincoln?
“Destroy the rebel army.”
The four border states were
Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland
According to the provisions of the Ten-Percent Plan, southern states could be readmitted to the Union
when 10 percent of voters had pledged loyalty to the Union.
By 1850 the national debate over slavery centered on
the expansion of slavery the territories.
What was one reason Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860?
The Democratic Party split its votes between two candidates.
How did General Grant capture Vicksburg?
with a blockade and constant shelling of the city
What is habeas corpus?
a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
President Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached BUT...
he was not convicted or removed from office.
Senator Stephen Douglass proposed that the issue of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska be settled by
popular sovereignty.
By calling for 75,000 volunteers to enlist and serve for 90 days, President Lincoln...
underestimated the strength and will of the Confederates.
Lincoln waited until the Union had won a victory at Antietam to do what?
issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
How did Abraham Lincoln justify suspending habeas corpus during the Civil War?
He was willing to violate the Constitution in order to save the nation.
Which African American took the Senate seat formerly held by Confederate president Jefferson Davis?
Hiram Revels
This event in 1857 caused a great controversy that split northern and southern Democrats.
the Dred Scott decision.
Why did Abraham Lincoln in 1861 inform Jefferson Davis that he was sending only food to Fort Sumter?
to force the Confederates to decide whether to attack and start a war
During his March to the Sea, General Sherman destroyed much of Georgia because he wanted to
show that Union armies could do as they wished in the South and that further resistance was futile
What did the Emancipation Proclamation mean for slaves living in Kentucky?
They remained slaves.
Why did southern states pass Black Codes?
to force freedmen to work as cheap labor on plantations
John Brown’s terrorism at Pottawatomie was revenge for the
Sack of Lawrence.
Why was Lincoln fearedful of making slavery the issue of the Civil War?
the border states might secede
General Robert E. Lee lost this battle at Gettysburg when
Pickett failed to take Cemetery Ridge.
Andersonville
How did sharecropping and tenant farming differ?
Sharecroppers received a share of their employer’s crop; tenant farmers rented land and could grow any crops they chose.