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DC US History
Civil War
Question | Answer |
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What was the Texas Revolt? | Rebels formed a provisional government, caling for Texas's independence as a country |
Describe President Polks Agenda | 1)Reduce tariff 2)Re-establish the independent treasurey system 3)settle dispute over ownership of Oregon |
Define Manifest Destiny | God's will to hve Americans settle out west, bringing wih it civilization |
What connected the East and West coast for the first time? | The transcontinental railroad |
How did the Mexican American war start? | 1) Texas anexxed by US Gov 2) River dispute(grande vs nuances) and alineated territory 3) Fort built by US, shots fired |
Define Radical Republican | Someone fighting for equality beyond abolishing slavery |
What is Ex Parte MIlligan? | Court case to review Lincoln's jailing of wartime critics in the North without civil trials (broke Haeus Corpus) |
What is Popular Sovereignty, and who frist proposed the idea? | Stephen Douglass proposed the idea that locals make the final decision of whether or not to remove or keep status as slave state |
Contrabands | goods that have been imported or exported illegally |
Describe the Emancipation Proclomation | Lincoln declared Blacks and slaves who fought for the Union to be free once civil war had ended. This increased the number of confederate runaways and therefore black enlistment. |
Who were the "Know-Nothing " party | Nativists against catholics and immigrants. Anti-slavery and aimed at voting in American born politicians exclusively |
What was the Wilmot Proviso | an unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in the acquired Mexico territory |
What is Harper's Ferry and how was it related to John Brown? | John Brown, an abolitionist, enacted an armed assault on Harper's Ferry (a federal arsenal) |
Where was Fort Sumter, and what is it's significance? | it was an enclave of Union control in the harbour of Charleston, SC |
What were the 3 goals of the Anaconda Plan? | 1)Naval blockade the southern coastline 2)Take the Mississippi river 3)Capture Richmond |
What was the Homestead Act? | Gov. Offered 130 acres of land to be settled out west (Great plains) |
What civil war general runs against Lincoln in the 1864 election? | George McClellan |
Who founded the American Red Cross? | Clara Barton |
What was "Cotton Diplomacy" | The CSA attempted to negotiate with Britain for war time help but Britain decided to find other markets to buy cotton from |
What did the NY Riots prove? | That the North was hardly abolitionist |
What was the most significant outcome of the Dred Scott case? | the Missouri compromise was named Unconsitutional as slaves are property in this case |
What were the Sea islands experiement? | Recontruction of coastal islands to test prior to rebuilding main cities post Civil War |
Who was President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |