Term
| 4 other factors that swayed British sympathy toward the Union |
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Definition
New sources of cotton in India and Egypt
Britain needed wheat from Union states
British investments in northern transportation and banks
Civil War stimulated some industries that made up for the downturn in the textile industry |
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Term
| 6 notable traits of Lincoln |
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Definition
"practical idealist"
no diplomatic experience
no knowledge of foreign languages
knew enough to appoint strong and knowledgeable advisors
expert at managing his advisors
natural born politician |
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Term
| An early intimation of "cowboy diplomacy" |
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Definition
| Grant predicted that the now stronger US would dictate "justice and right" to all others |
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Term
| Describe British maritime activity during the Civil War |
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Definition
Britain started out building small propeller driven ships that the South used against the Union.
Union was able to persuade Britain to stop building ships.
1863 - Britain began seizing its own ships bound for the South. |
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Term
| Describe Southern diplomatic efforts |
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Definition
| Too little, too late, and too amateurish |
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Term
| Describe the "Trent" affair of 1861. |
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Definition
| US Capt Charles Wilkes took it upon himself to forceably remove two Confederate diplomats (Mason and Slidell) from the HMS Trent. Finally settled in a way that eliminated threat of British war against Union. |
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Term
| Developments that made the world a smaller place (7 items) |
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Definition
steamships
telegraph
trade
railroadds
increased immigration
increase in literacy
mass circulation newspapers |
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Term
| How did Britain and France respond to Civil War as it progressed? |
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Definition
| By 1862 they had experienced enough losses related to cotton that they were considering getting involved. They thought that they could force an armistice, which would lead to two separate nations instead of a strong United States. |
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Term
| How did Britain and France respond to Civil War? |
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Definition
Deeply divided within. Some supported the Union b/c of abolitionism.
Some supported the South b/c they feared the strength of the united United States. |
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Term
| How did Civil War affect US-Canadian relations? |
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Definition
Some Union resentment against Canada for harboring draft dodgers
Irish expatriate Fenians launched raids into Canada.
Grant and Hamilton Fish curbed the Fenians.
British strengthened Canadian government with a federal Constitution.
US skeptical of Canadian viability. |
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Term
| How did Grant respond to France's installation of Maximillian in Mexico? |
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Definition
| Prepared for war with 50,000 US troops sent to Rio Grande |
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Term
| How did US involvement affect Hawaiians? |
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Definition
rapid development of sugar plantations
islands b/c more dependent on US investment
large influx of Asians
Hawaiians own only 15% of land |
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Term
| How did the Confederacy get foreign supplies during the war? |
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Definition
Neutral ships delivered goods to Caribbean
Goods then shipped to Mexico
Goods carried overland from Mexico to South
US commander Wilkes harassed and plundered neutral ships
Union claimed that goods hauled overland were contraband
Britain protested illegal search and seizure
Both sides finally agreed to temper their activities |
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Term
| How did the Cuban Rebellion of 1868 contribute to the Spanish American War 30 years later? |
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Definition
| Spanish landowners forced to sell out to US investors, US ramps up investment and export of its culture to Cuba |
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Term
| How did the South first pursue foreign aid? |
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Definition
| They didn't. In the beginning they thought that foreign need for cotton was great enough to guarantee assistance. |
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Term
| How did the South respond to incipient British sympathy for the Union? |
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Definition
| The South embargoed cotton, caused some British mills to close, higher prices and unemployment. |
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Term
| Lincoln and Seward's stance on Mexico and Central America |
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Definition
| They considered colonizing with freed slaves. Opposed by blacks, abolitionists and Central America |
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Term
| Lincoln's stance on slavery |
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Definition
He personally opposed slavery on moral and humanitarian grounds but did not take a strong public stand against it until the Union had achieved some victories.
He did this partly to firm up his support in the border states. |
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Term
| Name 3 events in US relations with Pacific Islanders |
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Definition
1867 US Navy takes Midway Island
1873 US and Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty
1878 US Treaty with Samoa |
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Term
| Name one side effect of the 1865 surrender at Appomattox |
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Definition
| Europe sufficiently impressed with Union to being withdrawing from Western Hemisphere. |
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Term
| The South's last attempt at garnering foreign aid. |
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Definition
| Davis sent Kenner from LA to Europe to propose emancipation in return for recognition. Europe didn't bite. |
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Term
| Two battles in 1863 that further confirmed European support for Union |
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Definition
| Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg |
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Term
| US only major acquisition during Reconstruction |
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Definition
| Seward's purchase of Alaska |
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Term
| US relationship with Russia in mid 19th century |
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Definition
| US supplied Russia with coal, cotton, war supplies and doctors during the Crimean War. Russia was Union's first foreign supporter. |
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Term
| What Civil War battle made the Europeans especially nervous? |
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Definition
| 1862 Union General McClelland failed to capture Richmond. |
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Term
| What Civil War battle reassured the Europeans of the sensibility of supporting the Union? |
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Definition
1862 Antietam - Lee retreats back into VA
5000 dead and 24000 wounded
Followed five days later by Emancipation Proclamation |
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Term
| What happened when Napoleon III set his sights on Mexico? |
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Definition
Installed Archduke Maximilian as ruler
Favored Confederacy as buffer against the Union
Maximilian not well received by Mexicans
Benito Juarez led guerrilla revolt against France |
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Term
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Definition
| Politics based on power rather than ideals. |
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Term
| What was Secy of State Seward's first idea to prevent war with the South? |
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Definition
| Proposed that the Union declare war on Britain and France to force the South back into the Union to support a world war. |
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Term
| What was a major difference b/w conservatives and liberals in the mid nineteenth century? |
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Definition
Conservatives favored state's rights and a weakening or breakup of the Union.
Liberals favored preserving and strengthening Union |
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Term
| What was one of the Union's first responses to Southern secession? |
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Definition
Naval blockade
Britain proclaimed neutrality in 1861.
Union took that as precursor to British support for South. British eventually came to show more support for Union. |
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Term
| What was outcome of battle of First Bull Run, 1861? |
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Definition
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Term
| What was the 13th Amendment and why was it necessary? |
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Definition
Abolished slavery December 1865
The Emancipation Proclamation was done as a war power instead of law, and did not address slavery practiced in the border states. |
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Term
| What was the 1867 Treaty of Washington? |
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Definition
| Settlement of claims b/w US and Canada, and US recognized Canadian government. |
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Term
| What was the position of both the Union and Britain toward the slave trade? |
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Definition
| They agreed in 1863 to combat the trade and did execute a slave trader in that year. |
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Term
| What well known phrase from the Emancipation Proclamation is used to describe the US? |
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Definition
| "the last best hope of earth" |
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Term
| What were some of the developments in nationalism during the mid 19th century? (8 items) |
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Definition
Hungary - unsuccessful revolt against Austria
Poland - unsuccessful revolt against Russia
Italy & Germany took on modern configuration
Switzerland united cantons
Taiping rebellion ravaged China
Japan exchanged feudalism for modern gov't
US supported Mexico in resisting France
Britain strengthened Canada with a Constitution |
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Term
| When did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect? |
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Definition
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Term
| Who was (the first) Cassius Clay? |
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Definition
| US minister to Russia during the Civil War (from KY) |
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Term
| Why was the cotton embargo unsuccessful? |
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Definition
Britain had a surplus of cotton already.
They also blamed the South for the troubles more than the Union. |
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