History of Compromise
What does the word "fallacy" mean?
is a defect, error, or trick in reasoning and argumentation that weakens or invalidates a claim often used frequently in rhetoric to mislead,
This was the New political party formed in the late 1850s from the Whig Party
The Republican Party
This was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What does Attrition mean?
A military strategy where you wear down the opponent through constant attacks until their resources are depleted.
What does it mean that the Republican party was known as the "abolitionist party?"
They wanted to abolish slavery
What was the first compromise taken regarding the status of African Americans in the constitution?
the 3/5th compromise
What was the main reason Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?
Because the Democrat party was split between three separate candidates
This was the name of the Union plan and strategy for the Civil War?
The Anaconda Plan
What was the biggest challenge to the Confederates war effort?
Their inability to replace troops who had died due to their smaller population
What did the 13th amendment to the constitution do for the United States of America?
Abolished the institution of slavery
Why did Jefferson not outlaw slavery in the Louisiana territory like in the Northwest?
To not upset the southern, agrarian farmers who had elected him
Claimed he was securing the "agrarian character" of the Republic.
Name two reasons why Southern Democrats wanted to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 - leading to the compromise of 1850
The vast amount of New Territory gained from the Mexican American war
Imbalance of slave and free states
This was the sight of the first engagement of the civil war that officially marked the beginning of conflict.
The attack on Fort Sumter
What was one of the main reasons Robert E Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg which turned the tide of the Civil War?
Pickets charge where the Confederate center was unable to recover resulting in them needing to withdraw
Name three ways Alabama contributed to the CSA war effort?
Montgomery was the first capital
UOA was a confederate officers training ground
Tannehill was a foundry for CSA supplies
Fort Morgan protected CSA ships
Alabama rivers were used to transport materials down to the Gulf
List the two main things agreed to in the Missouri Compromise
Missouri would enter as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state
the 36th parallel line was established which outlawed slavery above the line
What happened during the "Bleeding Kansas" event? be specific in your descriptions and provide the policy that led to this happening
Americans who supported slavery and Americans who supported ending slavery attacked and killed each other over whether Kansas should be a free state. Popular Sovereignty was the policy that led to this.
List three challenges both sides faced in the civil war?
Finding experienced soldiers who were trained
High causality rates from new deadly technologies
Realizing that this war would not be won quickly
What was Jefferson Davis original strategy for the civil war? How did Robert E Lee change this during the war?
Davis wanted the south to wage a defensive war while Robert E Lee would wage an aggressive offensive war
List four new inventions used in the Civil War that made battles so much more deadly
Repeating Rifles
Gatlin Guns
Columibad Artillery
Submarines
Ironclads
Observation Balloons
This was the congressman who tried to stop the Missouri Compromise before it was passed
James Tallmadge Jr.
List the names of the three democratic candidates running for President in 1860
Stephen Douglas
John Breckinridge
John Bell
This was the commander of Union forces at Gettysburg
Major General George G. Meade
List four of the key tenets of the "Lost Cause" myth?
1. Secession, not slavery, caused the Civil War.
2. African Americans were “faithful slaves,” loyal to their masters and the Confederate cause and unprepared for the responsibilities of freedom.
3. The Confederacy was defeated militarily only because of the Union’s overwhelming advantages in men and resources.
4. Confederate soldiers were heroic and saintly.
5. The most heroic and saintly of all Confederates, perhaps of all Americans, was Robert E. Lee.
6. Southern women were loyal to the Confederate cause and sanctified by the sacrifice of their loved ones.
What was the other name for the First Battle of Bull Run?
the First Battle of Manassas