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“Spotty” Lincoln
- asking President James Polk to admit that the "spot" where American blood
was first shed was Mexican territory. Nickname while in congress.
Fort Sumter
- beginning of civil war- located in Charleston, NC- union victory led to South
Carolina secession.
Bleeding Kansas
- pro/anti-slavery violence in KS- proslavery gang attacked Lawrence and
burned buildings- John brown retaliated for attack by mutilating five proslavery settlers.
Sojourner Truth
- Abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Author.
Hard war
- based on the idea of demoralizing Confederates through the seizure and destruction of
civilian property.
Soft war
Habeas corpus
- suspended by Lincoln to stop protests against the draft and disloyal activities.
Emancipation Proclamation
- 1863- after the battle of Antietam- abolished slavery
Enrollment Act
- provided fresh union soldiers between the ages of 20-45. Allowed
men to avoid
the draft by paying $300 to hire a substitute- “Rich man’s war, Poor man’s fight”- sparked draft
riots in New York.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
- Supreme court ruling that escaped slave living in free-state is declared not
free. Slaves are private property which cant be taken away.
Fugitive Slave Act
– Compromise of 1850- removed black’s habeas corpus- slave catchers
Mexican War
- Republic of Texas enters union in 1845-
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- John Calhoun- Paid Mexico 15 million for Texas, New Mexico
and California.
Wilmot Proviso
- David Wilmot, 1846- prohibit institution of slavery in any territory acquired
from Mexico- Turned down by proslavery democrats and southerners in the Senate. Divided
Democratic Party in the north and changed dynamics of America politics.
Contrabands
- Contraband of War- run away slaves.
John Brown
- “bleeding Kansas”- led assault on harpers ferry, VA- hanged for his actions. Led
slaves in revolution at Harper’s Ferry.
Copperheads
- Northern Democrats who opposed civil war.
Paradoxical trinity
- three aspects: the people, the commander and his army, and the government
“fire-eaters”
- extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South who urged the separation of
southern states into a new nation, which became known as the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
- southern democrat- pro-slavery- president of the confederacy
Charles Sumner
- Massachusetts- leader of anti-slavery forces in MASS and radical republican
leader in the senate.
Compromise of 1850
- Popular Sovereignty- brings CA into union- settles TX/MX border-
abolishes the slave trade in DC- Fugitive slave law.
Stephen A. Douglas
- Democrat of Illinois- Popular Sovereignty- supported construction of
transcontinental railroad. Compromise of 1850.
Radical Republican
- loose faction of republicans. John brown was a member.
Kansas “Constitution without slavery”
Harper’s Ferry
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Freeport Doctrine
- Stephen Douglas- residents could exclude slavery but not adopting laws to
protect it- 1858
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Harriet Beecher Stowe- Opposition to fugitive slave act- Degradation of
slave women.
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- Fall '07
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- Civil War, Compromise Of 1850, Fort Sumter, Clara Barton, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Slavery in the United States, American Civil War, Fugitive Slave Act
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