 | Term | Definition |
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Middle Passage |
the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade |
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Triangular Trade |
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa |
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John Brown |
An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act |
Made the state of Kansas w/ popular sovereignty led to Bloody Kansas |
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Missouri Compromise |
Set up Maine and Missouri as respective free and slave states, instituted 36 30 as the line |
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Manifest Destiny |
the belief that the U.S. should extend all the way to the pacific ocean |
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Mexican-American War |
An American instigated war, but technically started by Mexico, led the U.S. to gain Arizona, New Mexico, Parts of Texas, and California |
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Fugitive Slave Act |
of 1850 made it much easier to capture runaway slaves and includes much harsher punishment |
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Louisiana Purchase |
Gave the U.S. a large portion of the Midwest, led to debates about slavery |
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Slave Controlling Methods |
includes Punishment, Breeding Enforcement, and Religion |
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Compromise of 1850 |
Includes California admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states from Mexican- American War |
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Bloody Kansas |
Riots in Kansas before their election, fighting between slave owners and abolitionists |
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Popular Sovereignty |
The concept that a States people should vote whether to be a slave state or Free |
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Dred Scott |
A supreme court Ruling that a slave taken into a free state was not free |
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Abe Lincoln |
President during Civil war wrote emancipation Proclamation, freed slaves, etc. |
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Confederacy |
The country founded by the slave states |
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Effect of Civil War |
ended slavery, |
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Causes of the Civil War |
Cotton Gin, Abe Lincoln, etc. |
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Post Civil War problem |
what to do with south |
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Effects of the Reconstruction |
Led to The KKK and Jim Crow |
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Outcome of Reconstruction |
Presidential beat harsher congressional reconstructions plans |
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Presidential Reconstruction |
quick recovery for south, very lenient punishment |
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Congressional Reconstruction |
Harsh punishment for south, military districts |
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Compromise of 1877 |
Grant beats Tilden is Presidential race, but no military in the south anymore |
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Jim Crow |
the system of subjugating blacks in the south |
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Plessey vs. Ferguson |
Supreme court case that lays down “separate but equal” |
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Brown vs. Board of Education |
Supreme court case that overturns “Separate but Equal” |
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KKK |
Terrorist group of White Supremacists in south |
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MLK, Jr. |
Civil Rights Leader led non-violent direct action |
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Satyagraha |
Gandhi term for peaceful resistance of Tyrants and other evils |
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Non-Violent Direct Action |
Sit-ins, Boycotts, etc. used by civil rights leaders |
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Emmett Till |
the spark that lit the fire for civil rights, E.T. was murdered in south w/o conviction of criminals |
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Little Rock |
First school desegregated, governor shuts down schools. |
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Nashville |
First Successful Sit-in |
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Birmingham |
aka Bombingham for violent sit-ins, kids were thorough in jail |
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March on Washington |
I have a dream, protest on Washington during Civil Rights MLK spoke from the Lincoln Memorial |
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guacamole |
a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings |
