Key Terms Week 5Anthony Burns – Slave that escaped to Boston and was tried, several people paid for his freedomKansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 – The transcontinental railroad would go north, Nebraska and Kansas would be created, and repealed the Missouri Compromise line, created the Republican party out of those against itBleeding Kansas – Mini war between pro-slave and anti-slave parties in the new territory Kansas as to whether or not to become slave or free stateSen. Charles Sumner & Rep. Preston Brooks – Brooks caned Sumner after he insulted his uncle when talking about Bleeding KansasDred Scott, 1857 –Said slaves weren’t citizens and had no right to sue in courtLincoln-Douglas debates, 1858 – Argued over slavery with Lincoln against and Douglas not sidingHarper's Ferry, 1859 – John Brown and a group of men raided arsenal in Harper’s Ferry to promote slave insurrection, it didn’t work, but it convinced south it needed to secede Lincoln elected, 1860 – caused by a split for sovereignty and pro-slavery, south decided to secedeThe Civil War, 1861-1865 – War over slaveryFort Sumter, 1861 – Bombardment by the confederates initiated the Civil WarAnaconda Plan – Plan to attack the south by surrounding and suffocating the southsouthern unionists – Treated poorly by Confederate soldiers ex. Hanging of GainesvilleAntietam, 1862 – Important battle where the Union won and led to the Emancipation ProclamationEmancipation Proclamation – All states in confederacy slaves would be freed, declared that war was about ending slaveryGettysburg, 1863 – After this battle the South was never able to threaten the north againAppomattox, 1865 –Lee surrendered to Grant which ended the warAbraham Lincoln –President that led Union in Civil WarUlysses Grant – Strong general that lead the war effort for the NorthWilliam Sherman – “March to the Sea” that destroyed a 60 mile wide path through GeorgiaJefferson Davis – Provisional president of the confederacyMassachusetts 54th regiment – Black regiment that fought for Unionfirst income tax to pay for war – South had little money and created an income tax to pay war debtassassination – John Wilkes Booth killed Lincoln at theatreOs Confederados – Confederates that moved to Brazil to avoid giving up slavesReconstruction, 1865-1877 – Lincoln wanted moderate requirements to rejoin union and Radical Republicans wanted more, period after Civil Warhow to deal with traitors? – South were considered traitors and rebels not a different nationPresidential Reconstruction – Considered lenient only required abolition, oath and revoke secessionCongressional (or Radical) Reconstruction – Much more strict reconstruction13, 14, 15th Amendments -13: made slavery illegal, 14: everyone born in US is citizen, 15: Couldn’t deny suffrage based on previous enslavement or raceJuneteenth – Time when Texan blacks learned of their freedomFreedmen's Bureau –created to aid newly freed slaves, highly ineffectivesharecropping and tenant farming – New method of “slavery” where land would be rented and debt would grow forcing whomever worked there to staycarpetbaggers and scalawags – Southerner name for northerners moving south and southerners that didn’t support Democratic causeCompromise of 1877 – Withdrawing federal troops from south along with other promises for Hayes (R)Redeemers – Whites who were against blacks voting, wanted to “redeem” white supremacy Lost Cause – Cause of War, Said it wasn’t slavery, but states
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