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| Organizer of the "Great Migration" |
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| Came up with the idea of "Manifest Destiny". |
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| Took over Santa Fe in the Mexican War |
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| Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott |
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| Generals and leaders in the war against Mexico |
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| a priviso that any lands that are aquired from Mexico can not become slave states. |
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| Founder of the Pacific Railroad |
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| Founded the Mormons and established the Church of Later Day Saints |
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| After the death of Joseph Smith...Young took over the Mormons and founded the state of "Deseret" (Salt Lake City). President Buchanan ordered the military to attack Salt Lake City when he found out that they were trying to make Polygamy a church doctrine. |
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| The blithe that hit Ireland and caused millions of Irish to migrate to the U.S looking for anything they could find. |
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| A group that was set out to serve as a Army/protective group for the Mormones |
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| A group of about 85 people that left 2 months early for California and was caught in the Winter and had to result to eating eachother. |
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| Cotton Plantation Culture |
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| "King Cotton" the South began to get a big head about who they were because they had Cotton, and they believed that without them the world wouldnt be able to function so they were very powerful. |
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| a group of people that were not slave owners and worked the land themselves. |
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| A nationaly known black person that was used in plays to make the blacks look stupid and dumb |
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Couldnt assemble together
Couldnt travel without permission
Couldnt own property
Werent allowed to read or write
Right to get married
Illegal to beat slave to pt. of physical hurt |
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| A trail of houses leading all the way to freedom |
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| Because the slaves werent allowed to get married formaly they would jump over a broom together to signify that they were married |
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Invented the mechanical repper.
12 people to 2 people for opperation |
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| A group of people that dont like the immagrants due to them taking all the jobs. A big revolt happened in Philledelphia |
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| No cathlics, Jews, if your arent from the U.S then dont want you here!.Protestants! |
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| At this time a Revolution was happening in Germany that caused many immagrants to come to the U.S |
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| The idea of alcohol being banned because of all the things that came with it such as gambling,violence,and Familly breakup |
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| A newspaper writer that started the paper called the "Liberator". Anytime something happened to a slave he would put it in his paper. Created the Anti-Slavery Society |
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| Spoke at these Anti-Slavery conventions and was a runaway slave and had become very intellegent. |
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| due to all the land that was obtained expecially California, it was split right donw the middle and also the Gold. Couldnt decide if it was going to be a Free state or not. |
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| All new land/states the were aquired by the Mexican War would be considered Free Slaves! |
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| Stephen Douglas (The little Giant) |
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| Helped Henry Clay to form a compromise for all the things that were tearing the North and South apart. |
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| What the people want for their state then they get to decide if it is a Free state or not. |
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| Set up to deal with all the issues tearing the North and South apart by Henry Clay and Stephen Douglas |
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| Texas give up claim to Mexico and the U.S take up Texas Debt |
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| California become a free state |
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| New Mexico/Arizona will operate under popular soveignty |
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| Fugitive Slave Act- any runaway slaves from the South can be taken back to the South |
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| The outlawing of slaves in Washington D.C city limits |
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| Lead a very large revolt against masters that owned slaves....and would kill everyone on the plantation and let the slaves go |
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| Northern Senator that thought he knew everything and was beaten over the head with cane by Preston Brooks |
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| Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
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| The worst presdident in American History wanted to give the South everything that they wanted |
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| Agricultural and Mechanical College |
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| Colleges set up to teach the whites how to use machinery on thier land to replace the slaves |
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| Dred Scott lived in the North for many years as a servant to Mr. Sandford. When Mr. Sandford died he gave Scott over to his wife Ms. Sanford and but Scott sued her and said that since he had lived in the North for so long he should be considered free. Ruled that because Scott wasnt a citizen he couldnt sue Sandford. |
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| John Brown and Harpers Ferry |
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| John Brown attacked Harpers Ferry that had military weapons in it. |
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| Led the marines against John Brown and his people and defeated them shortly |
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| South Seceded from the North |
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| Made President of the Confederate States of America |
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| Became Vice President in the Lincoln 2nd election |
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| North would set up a blockade around the southa and then begin to cirlce the South and advance inward causing a squezzing effect. |
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| South defeats the North.....blood bath... |
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| One of Lee's generals accidently droped all the plans of Lee and where he was and someone from the North picked it up. McClellan attacked Lee and had him traped and was going to attack him from all sides at the same time but they all went at different times. Even know the North one McClellan was fired for his mess up because Lee was able to get away and retreat withought loosing many men |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Free the Slaves only in the North....this was lincoln response to the South trying to get the British involved. |
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| U.S Grant and sidekick William Tecumsah Sherman |
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| Both were at the far south trying to take on the Anaconda Plan. Had a fighting tactic to just outlast the South. Were trying to cut off the South and take over the Mississippi |
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| Vicksburg surenders and South is hit pretty hard and LEe retreats. |
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| the rebuilding period of the South and North, not only houses and things but also politicaly |
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| Kill the South! take all their land and crush them! |
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| Fight again then! Slavery still exist! |
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| Free Slaves....Go Republicans! |
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| the people that were against the war the whole time and not get to vote |
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| people that went into the South from the North and took cheap land |
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| Ku Klux Klan- Underground secret organization rich and poor didnt matter.Mostly all War Verterans and would kill any black or Republican that they saw. |
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