George B. McClelland

Civil war first commanding general, and Lincoln's chief opponent in the 1864 election

The phrase from Lincoln's second inaugural address

"with malice towards none"

10% Plan

Lincoln's plan to bring the US into the union

Main ideas of the 10% plan

-anyone actively against the union cannot be given full citizenship -when a state has 10% loyal population, they can begin the process of entry

Polk

President during the Mexican-American War

Ulysses S. Grant

The union general who captured Vicksburg

Lee

Surrendered at the courthouse and ended the civil war

Sherman

The general who served under grant, and demoralized the confederacy, marching to the sea

Meade

The union general fired at Gettysburg

Antietam

The battle that caused the passing of the emancipation proclamation

Copperheads

Nickname for northerners who supported the confederacy

Vallandigham

Copperhead Ohio congressman who was exiled to Canada

Ross

The senator who was the deciding vote to find Johnson not guilt for impeachment

Stonewall Jackson

Lee's righthand man who refused to fight on the sabbath

Wade-Davis Bill

The first major radical republican bill during reconstruction that made it difficult for southern states to be readmitted

Lincoln

President who pocket vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill

Frances Willard

Founder of WCTU (women's Christian temperance union)

DL Moody

Established a major church and founded a college to train people going into ministry

Jefferson Davis

President of Confederacy

Stevens

Vice President of Confederacy

Richmond, Virginia

The capital of the confederacy

3 Major Civil War Amandments

13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

13th Amendment

The amendment that abolishes slavery

14th Amendment

The amendment that gives due process of low and citizenship rights to everyone regardless of race

15th Amendment

Right to vote regardless of race

Booker T. Washington

The African American supportive of Lincoln, founder of Tuskegee

Henry McNeal Turner

African Methodist minister who believed Lincoln wasn't moving "fast enough"

Robert Shaw

Commander of the Massachusetts 54th, all-black unit. Pushed to be formed by Douglass

Sumner

A member of the House who attacked a US senator on the floor

Main points of the Compromise of 1850

-California is a free state -Utah and New Mexico are popular sovereignty -slave trade is abolished in DC

John Brown

Militant abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry

Whig

The political party that authored the Spot Resolutions

Dred Scott Decision

Struck down the key provisions of the Missouri Compromise: 36-30 line and made slavery legal everywhere

Advantages that the North had over the South

-constantly growing -twice the population -railroads -financials centers

Advantages the South had over the North

-geography -North had to enter the South to defeat the Confederacy

Zachary Taylor

Winner of the 1848 election but dies, replaced by Millard Philmore

Franklin Pierce

Winner of the 1852 election

Buchanan

Winner of the 1856 election

Won election with 40% of the vote

Lincoln in 1860

George McClellan

Opposes Lincoln in 1868 for his reelection

Ulysses S. Grant

Winner of the 1868 and 1872 elections

Election between Hayes and Tilden

1876, questioning the electoral college votes for SC, FL, and LA. Hayes wins

Harriet Stowe

Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin