Ch. 10
Why was the new territory gained from the Mexican American War something that divided the US and helped lead to the Civil War?
The government argued about whether these new territories should allow or ban slavery
System of abolitionists and enemies of slavery who worked to help get runaway slaves to freedom
Underground Railroad
Where the Civil War officially began
Fort Sumter
Plan to strangle the Southern Economy with naval blockades
Anaconda Plan
The era following the Civil War
Reconstruction
Describes the southern states leaving the Union
Secession
Fictional and emotionally charged book that turned many in the North against slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The most famous Confederate general and leader of the Army of Virginia
Robert E Lee
Massive turning point battle in Pennsylvania that the Union won - was the last time the south would invade the north.
Battle of Gettysburg
Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction
10 % Plan
Phrase describes the civil war that broke out in Kansas over slavery
Bleeding Kansas
Letting states decide for themselves (in this context about slavery)
What is Popular Sovereignty
More industry/manufacturing-
Better transportation/railways/ infrastructure
established government
Navy
Larger population(22 million)
Stronger finances
What are strengths of the North during the Civil War?
The first major battle of the Civil War, that ended in a humiliating defeat for the Union
Battle of Bull Run
Succeeded Lincoln as president
Andrew Johnson
New political party formed out of anger over the violence in Bleeding Kansas in 1850s
Republican Party
Leader of an attack on Harpers Ferry in Virginia, hoped to lead a massive slave uprising and end slavery- but was captured and executed
John Brown
Elected as leader of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln used it to issue the Emancipation Proclamation- Bloodiest single day in US History
Granted black men the right to vote
Fifteenth Amendment
The president leading up the Civil War and- commonly ranked as the worst US President
James Buchanan
Court case that argued free states do not technically exist, and black people have no legal rights a white person would ever have to respect. Angered the North prior to the Civil War.
Dred Scott V Sanford
Ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864
George McClellan
Amendment that ended slavery in the US
Thirteenth Amendment
Event that marked the end of Reconstruction
Removal of federal troops from the South- Compromise of 1877