1850s and Civil War Exam SG
Apr 01, 2015
1850s and Civil War Exam SG
• States should be able to decide most matters for themselves
• South feared election of AL would be an end to slavery in territories and eventually the South.
• N—JB a marytr for cause of abolition• S—were alarmed because they see him
seeking to use violence to destroy the Southern way of life
• Bloodiest single day in the war• Stopped Lee’s first invasion of North• Gave AL chance to issue EP
• Ended all confederate hope of invading the N• Major turning point in war• Stonewall Jackson missed by RELee
• Split the S into E and W as Mississippi R controlled by Union
• Sherman wanted this city—as it was a major RR hub for the CSA
• 1st battle of the CW• S fires first shots
• GA waas used to dedicate a cemetery for the Union army’s dead at Gettysburg.
• Was to honor fallen soldiers
• 1. CA state• 2.stronger Federal Fugitive Slave Law• Bans slave trade in DC• Popular sovereignty used to determine if new
states slave or free
• Freed slaves in state in rebellion• Moral cause for war
• The people of the territory would vote to be slave or free as a state
• Major aim—look at NAME—abolish slavery nationwide
• Topic was slavery in the territories • D was for PS• L was against the expansion of slavery
• Network of safehouses [stations] used by runaway slaves [passengers] on their way north to freedom
• famous conductor was Harriet Tubman—known as Moses to her people
• Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote• N—grew angry over slavery• S—banned the book GA sought to arrest her
• 1.PS for Kansas and Nebraska• 2. mini CW in Kansas [Bleeding Kansas in the
mid 1850s]
• North Ads –food production, civilian leadership [AL], industrial capacity
• North DISADS—poor military leadership• South ADS—good military leadership, hopeful
of alliance with England [Eng needed their cotton for their factories]—this was overstated
• Dis—pop, fact, civ leadership
• Court order that requires authorities to appear before a judge and show cause why a prisoner must be jailed
• AL suspends during CW
• Confederate commander—who opposed secession but refused to fight against Virginia
• Hero at Vicksburg• Became commander of all Union armies in
1864
• Final surrender of the CSA army took place here
• Was accidently killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville [CSA victory led by SJ plans] by his own troops
• Path of destruction across GA—[totalwar]—60 miles wide path of total destruction from Atlanta to Savannah
• Famous for his Sherman neckties –destroying RR tracks
• Angel of the battlefield• Founder of American Red Cross
• Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in US
• Shot AL in head at Ford’s theatre after the CW was essentially over AL dies on 4/15/1865
• Name given to Northern Democrats who wanted to make peace with the South [CSA]
• President of the CSA• A micromanager• Interferes with war effort of CSA
• Union general who was fired by AL fir having a case of the SLOWS after the battle of Antietam
• Democratic candidate for President in 1864—running against AL in the midst of the CW
Effect—Results of the CW
• 1. Union was preserved• 2. Southern infrastructure [roads, RR]
destroyed and farm fields burned