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Civil War Terms-
John Collins
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12/05/2009

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Market Economy
Definition
1800s, economy developed by selling goods to farmers and merchants financed by banking systems
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King Cotton
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South depending on labor forces for producing and exporting cotton market
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Second Party System
Definition
Formed to oppose Whig Party then 1830s against Andrew Jackson
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Mexican War
Definition
1846-1848 War with Mexico that gained California and Southwest
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Compromise of 1850
Definition
The compromise that avoided a national crisis by a series of laws that 1) admitted California as a free state, 2) banned the slave trade in the District of Columbia, 3) strengthened the national Fugitive Slave law, and 4) allowed popular sovereignty with regard to slavery in the Mexican Cession
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Fugitive State Law
Definition
1850, escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners
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Popular Sovereignty
Definition
The people of each territory could decide if slavery should exist
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Definition
author "Uncle Tom's Cabin" strengthened anti-slavery in the North
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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sponsored by Stephen A. Douglas allowed Nebraska and Kansas residents to decide if slavery was allowed
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Republican Party
Definition
1854, northern party who opposed slavery extension to the west
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Bleeding Kansas
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Conflict in Kansas pertaining to slavery and anti-slavery views
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Dred Scott
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Slave suing for freedom. Lived four years in free territory. Congress lacked authority to limit the spread of slavery
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John Brown
Definition
Radical abolitionist fought pro-slavery abolitionists in Kansas, Harper's Ferry in VA to liberate slaves
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Abraham Lincoln
Definition
Illinois politician argued popular sovereignty in Douglas debates, President in 1860
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Senator of Illinois, tried to bring together north and south with Compromise of 1850
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Confederate States of America
Definition
Seceding states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana in February 1861.
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Jefferson Davis
Definition
President of Confeds, former secretary of war
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Fort Sumter
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April 12, 1861 - mouth of Charleston harbor, opening Civil War
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Robert E. Lee
Definition
Virginian war hero in charge of Confederate army
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Radical Republicans
Definition
Part of party that tried to limit presidential power to punish southern leaders and end slavery
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Peace Democrats
Definition
North who supported Confederacy opposed wartime policies
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First Bull Run
Definition
July 1861 - Confederate victory in Virginia near DC
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Peninsula Campaign
Definition
George McClellan trying to capture Richmond by going up peninsula in James/York rivers in 1861
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Shiloh
Definition
April 1862 - southern TN battle, Union gained upper Mississippi valley control
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New Orleans
Definition
Captured by David Farragut, Union controlled Lower Mississippi Valley
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Antietam
Definition
September 1862 - stopped Lee's invasion of Maryland. Confeds retreated to Virginia
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Jan 1 1863 - Lincoln ordered abolition of slavery in states in rebellion. Didn't apply to Border States or Union controlled states
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Vicksburg
Definition
July 4 1863 - last Confederate Fort surrendered
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Gettysburg
Definition
July 1863 - battle in southern Pennsylvania, ended Lee's attempts of invasion
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Chattanooga
Definition
1864 - Union victory gained control of all Tennessee
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Wilderness Campaign
Definition
May 1864 battles in North Virginia, high casualties of Union troops
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Sherman's March
Definition
General William T. Sherman led to capture Atlanta and Savannah, destroyed countryside
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Appomattox
Definition
April 9 1865 - Lee surrendered North Virginia to Grant
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John Wilkes Booth
Definition
Actor and southern supporter, assassinated Lincoln on April 9th 1865
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Andrew Johnson
Definition
Military governor of Tennessee, vice prez in 1864, prez after Lincoln
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Black Codes
Definition
Passed by southern states after war limit African American freedoms, basically slaves again
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Ku Klux Klan
Definition
Secret Southern society raising white supremacy with violence
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Freedman's Bureau
Definition
Helped former slaves by giving aid and building schools for children
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Radicals
Definition
Republicans that wanted to reform southern economy, society, extend citizenship to freedmen, force the South to meet Congressional goals for Reconstruction deny former Confederacy voting rights
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Military Reconstruction Act of 1867
Definition
Passed over Johnson's veto, put all former Confed states (except TN) under military rule until 14th Amendment was ratified
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Thirteenth Amendment
Definition
1865 - ended slavery
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Fourteenth Amendment
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Extended citizenship to all persons born in the United States and extended civil rights to all citizens, including the freedmen.
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Fifteenth Amendment
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Prohibits denying citizen right to vote because of race
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Redeemers
Definition
Southern Democrats who regained power and ended Radical Reconstruction
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