Unit 4 Trigger Words
Black Codes
- laws in the United States after the Civil War with the effect of limiting the civil rights and civil liberties of blacks.
Compromise of 1850
- five bills, passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War(1846–1848).
Dred Scott
- African-American slave in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as "the Dred Scott Decision."
Emancipation Proclamation
- executive order issued to the executive agencies of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
Freeport Doctrine
-The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on August 27, 1858, in Freeport, Illinois. Lincoln tried to force Douglas to choose between the principle of popular sovereignty proposed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the majority decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
-The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.
Know-Nothings
-The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1850s, characterized by political xenophobia, anti-Catholic sentiment, and occasional bouts of violence against the groups the nativists targeted.
Ostend Manifesto
- document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused.
Radical Republicans
- loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. They called themselves "radicals" and were opposed during the war by moderates and conservative factions led by Abraham Lincoln and after the war by self-described "conservatives" (in the South) and "Liberals" (in the North).
Reconstruction Plans
-In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire U.S. from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War; the second sense focuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Washington, with the reconstruction of state and society.
Saratoga
-The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war.
Wilmot Proviso
- one of the major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in theMexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession, but which some proponents construed to also include the disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico east of the Rio Grande.[1]
- laws in the United States after the Civil War with the effect of limiting the civil rights and civil liberties of blacks.
Compromise of 1850
- five bills, passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War(1846–1848).
Dred Scott
- African-American slave in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as "the Dred Scott Decision."
Emancipation Proclamation
- executive order issued to the executive agencies of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
Freeport Doctrine
-The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates on August 27, 1858, in Freeport, Illinois. Lincoln tried to force Douglas to choose between the principle of popular sovereignty proposed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the majority decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
-The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory.
Know-Nothings
-The Know Nothing was a movement by the nativist American political faction of the 1850s, characterized by political xenophobia, anti-Catholic sentiment, and occasional bouts of violence against the groups the nativists targeted.
Ostend Manifesto
- document written in 1854 that described the rationale for the United States to purchase Cuba from Spain while implying that the U.S. should declare war if Spain refused.
Radical Republicans
- loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. They called themselves "radicals" and were opposed during the war by moderates and conservative factions led by Abraham Lincoln and after the war by self-described "conservatives" (in the South) and "Liberals" (in the North).
Reconstruction Plans
-In the history of the United States, the term Reconstruction Era has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire U.S. from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War; the second sense focuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Washington, with the reconstruction of state and society.
Saratoga
-The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war.
Wilmot Proviso
- one of the major events leading to the American Civil War, would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in theMexican War or in the future, including the area later known as the Mexican Cession, but which some proponents construed to also include the disputed lands in south Texas and New Mexico east of the Rio Grande.[1]
Unit 4 Four worlds....suckaaaa!
Primary Documents unit 3
Witchhunt in New York: The 1741 rebellion
In New York there had been rebellions which included numerous deaths of white people. Black people were coming to New York more and more until there were a huge part of the population. It was difficult to stop black people from organizing themselves ,although it was under strict law not too,and a revolt followed soon after. Fort George was set on fire and soon after that a house was set on fire. People became frighted about their own lives and some even left the city. They government offered a great reward to give to anyone that found out any information about the leaders of these revolts and what their plans were. A girl named Mary Burton, who was an indented servant, told the government that about her supposed knowledge on the revolts that were going on. The accused were caught and sentenced to death. Her accusation persisted and she even accused priests, the wealthy, etc. In the end she was granted her freedom although a lot of people died and some were even deported. This topic is till a subject of debate on whether this was a conspiracy or if this was an action of paranoid white people.
This "whichhunt" is a perfect example of that in this time period there was so many revolts whether it was because taxes were too high or etc. In this case this revolt was primarily racial based. This time period was illustrative that there was no unity between the races. Mary Burton willingly sold out her fellow mankind which caused them their deaths. She was only thinking about her self and her own self needs and how she could gain her freedom. This event also points out that this is a one-sided view point. This article does not go into what the black people felt and what they encountered. This just goes to show that in history minorities did not have their own voice as well.
-Catherine B.
This "whichhunt" is a perfect example of that in this time period there was so many revolts whether it was because taxes were too high or etc. In this case this revolt was primarily racial based. This time period was illustrative that there was no unity between the races. Mary Burton willingly sold out her fellow mankind which caused them their deaths. She was only thinking about her self and her own self needs and how she could gain her freedom. This event also points out that this is a one-sided view point. This article does not go into what the black people felt and what they encountered. This just goes to show that in history minorities did not have their own voice as well.
-Catherine B.
Britannia Magna Political Cartoon
This picture depicts a woman sitting in a battlefield with her limbs severed. Her severed limbs are branded with the names of the American colonies. There is also an olive branch in the picture, which symbolically represents peace. This olive branch is also an allusion to the Olive Branch Petition which was a call for peace from the Americans to avoid war with Britain following the battle at Bunker Hill. The woman in the photo symbolizes Great Britain, and the severed limbs represent the colonies that have split from Britain. By the colonies splitting from the motherland, the picture depicts that Britain will not be able to survive this catastrophe.
This photo was illustrated by Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers. As a leader in colonial America, Franklin knew that if America became independent, Britain would become weaker and susceptible to attack form European countries. Britain would become a shell of the empire it once was. However, Franklin couldn’t not have predicted that American would soon to into the superpower that it is today.
-Wisdom H.
Unit 4 Primary Docs
Black Soldiers in the Civil War
This article is discussing the role of Black soldiers in the Civil War. The article states that over 179,000 soldiers that participated in the war were of black decent. The article also discusses the injustices they faced i the war such as their higher mortality rate than that of their white counterparts. When they were captured, black POWs were treated terribly by the Confederate army. As a result of this animalistic behavior by the Confederates, Lincoln passed General Order 233 which helped protected black soldiers. This article also discusses the financial struggles of these soldiers. They were paid a mere 10$ a month.
As a result of these soldiers struggle and perserverance, The Union was able to win the war and helped end slavery in America. These black soldiers were discriminated against even by their fellow union soldiers, yet they still fought for what we all know is morally right. Without their help, The Union may have lost the war and slaver would have continued for the next 200 years through today
-Wisdom H
As a result of these soldiers struggle and perserverance, The Union was able to win the war and helped end slavery in America. These black soldiers were discriminated against even by their fellow union soldiers, yet they still fought for what we all know is morally right. Without their help, The Union may have lost the war and slaver would have continued for the next 200 years through today
-Wisdom H
The Ruffians in the Senate
This is a article from Evening Journal newspaper that was originally located in Albany, New York in 1856. This particular article was published in the paper on May 23, 1856. The article is in response to the beating of Senator Charles Sumner bye South Carolina's senator, Preston Brooks. The author of this piece begins this piece by diving right into it, and comparing South Carolina to the barbarians of Gaul. He then precedes to give hint to the assault on Sumner, and then throws in another comparison, this time between the Past Roman senate and the American Senate. The author is able to introduce the reason of the assault at the end of the first paragraph. He states that the heated subject of Slavery, or more specifically, the discipline of plantations. In the second paragraph of the periodical, you can get the sense of which sectional team this newspaper metaphorically bats for. He begins to give detail about Mr. Sumner's original harsh speech criticizing South Carolina and it's Senator, Mr. Butler. The author then infuses his own opinion into the piece by expressing that the speech was a watered down version of the truth. He begins to explain how the State of South Carolina was white-washed compared to the actual horrible conditions being allowed in the state. He describes what seems to take form as the "average South Carolinian" and he drops a few name bombs, such as, Daniel Webster, Seward, and Henry Clay. In the third and final Paragraph, the author begins analyzing the Attack on Sumner and the motive for said assault. He describes and demoralizes South Carolina, the Senate, and the entire South for their unfavorable action towards said incident. Which was mild at best.
The Author of the article is unknown. The article was written as a response the a political incident where senator Charles Sumner was bludgeoned with a cane by South Carolinian Senator, Preston Brooks. This is a newspaper so this should either be weekly, or monthly, depending on printing ability at the time. The audience seems to be made up of mainly New Yorkers who are anti-slavery and maybe even anti-south. The purpose of this piece was to criticize the lack of disciplinary action that Mr. Brooks was being faced with and the motives for said action. It seems to have also have shown a clear side, a bias if you will, on which side of said North-South fence the author played on. The tone of the article was very condemning. Condemning of the South for taking part in slavery, Preston for his actions, and the government for it's lack of action.
Written by
Sir Kevin Thomas Garrard I
your sadhjf
The Author of the article is unknown. The article was written as a response the a political incident where senator Charles Sumner was bludgeoned with a cane by South Carolinian Senator, Preston Brooks. This is a newspaper so this should either be weekly, or monthly, depending on printing ability at the time. The audience seems to be made up of mainly New Yorkers who are anti-slavery and maybe even anti-south. The purpose of this piece was to criticize the lack of disciplinary action that Mr. Brooks was being faced with and the motives for said action. It seems to have also have shown a clear side, a bias if you will, on which side of said North-South fence the author played on. The tone of the article was very condemning. Condemning of the South for taking part in slavery, Preston for his actions, and the government for it's lack of action.
Written by
Sir Kevin Thomas Garrard I
your sadhjf
We Want No Confederacy without Slavery
South Carolina withdrew formally from the old union of states in 1860. Many states joined South Carolina first move (which were slave holding states) and create a separate government to protect their own interests. As a result, this grouping up of states formed The Southern Confederacy of slave states. This occurred because South Carolina advanced beyond the proper limits that they broke away from the Union. Thousands of people died because of this act.
South fought diligently in the end. They wanted "no confederate government without our institutions" Their attitude towards that was life of death, they were willing to fight long and hard for what the wanted. They also clarified that they are fighting for civilization and not for Jeff Davis or buncomb. Virginia was their partner alongside the fight as well. They also stated that they will not fight besides a black person and they also do not want slaves to fight for them. This just shows the classic mindset of the Confederacy. They are so stubborn with the emancipation that they would give up their own lives just so that blacks could not fight for them. What I find ironic is that they state that they are free men and they choose to fight for themselves. To them, they are the only free people and they want the liberty to fight for them selves not only does that seem childish (comparing that to what the blacks want which is just to be treated like a person) but it seems a little far fetched that they are the only free one but not the blacks because apparently they have the magical power to decide that.
-Catherine B.
South fought diligently in the end. They wanted "no confederate government without our institutions" Their attitude towards that was life of death, they were willing to fight long and hard for what the wanted. They also clarified that they are fighting for civilization and not for Jeff Davis or buncomb. Virginia was their partner alongside the fight as well. They also stated that they will not fight besides a black person and they also do not want slaves to fight for them. This just shows the classic mindset of the Confederacy. They are so stubborn with the emancipation that they would give up their own lives just so that blacks could not fight for them. What I find ironic is that they state that they are free men and they choose to fight for themselves. To them, they are the only free people and they want the liberty to fight for them selves not only does that seem childish (comparing that to what the blacks want which is just to be treated like a person) but it seems a little far fetched that they are the only free one but not the blacks because apparently they have the magical power to decide that.
-Catherine B.