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Civil War Whitton
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Border State | Slave states which had not declared their secession yet |
| Succession | The withdraw from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860 – 1861, which brought on the civil war |
| Union | the northern states that wanted to abolish slavery |
| Confederacy | a league or alliance, esp of the Confederate states. A union of persons, parties, or states |
| Irondad | covered or protected with iron; 19th century warship with armor plating |
| Slavery | the state of being a slave, or practicing of owing slaves; being owned by another man. |
| Abolitionist | advocacy of the abolition of slavery in the united states; someone that wanted to abolish slavery |
| Compromise of 1850 | an agreement by congress that allowed California to enter the union as a free state, but guaranteed the protection of slavery with a stronger fugitive slave law that ordered every American citizen to return escaped slaves |
| Emancipation | An announcement by President Lincoln that freed all enslaves people in the confederate states. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | A law forcing American citizens to return runaway enslaved Africans September 18, 1850 |
| Kansas/Nebraska | repealed Missouri compromise May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861 |
| Missouri Compromise | An act of congress in 1820 whereby Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine was admitted as a free state, and slavery was forbidden north of latitude 36o 30o N March 3, 1820 |
| 13th Amendment | Abolition of slavery April 8, 1864 |
| 14th Amendment | Civil rights July 9, 1868 |
| 15th Amendment | Black suffrage February 3, 1870 |
| Appomattox | April 9, 1865 this was the final major engagement of the Civil War. General Lee surrendered to General Grant and the American Civil War came to an end. |
| Harper’s Ferry | John Brown raided Harpers Ferry to steal their weapons and arm slaves to fight for freedom October 16-18, 1859 |
| Draft | Men were drafted for the war, but rich men could hire poorer people to fight for them 1862 |
| Southern secession | 180 – 1861 secession happened because of slavery, economic differences, and election of president Lincoln |
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin | Published March 20, 852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, antislavery novel |
| Cotton Gin | A machine that separated cotton from the seed and made cotton growing more easier and the need for slaves bigger made by Eli Whitney 1793 |
| Gettysburg Address | Speech given by Lincoln November 19, 1863 |
| Lincoln election | November 6, 1860 |
| Lincoln assassination | Good Friday, April 14, 1865 during the civil war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | The announcement by president Lincoln freeing all enslaved persons in the confederate states January 1, 1863 |
| VA split in two | The people who were part of west Virginia remained loyal to the north, while Virginia seceded from the union and joined the confederacy 1861 |
| Ft. Sumter | April 12 – 14, 1861; Confederate army won;First battle that started the civil war |
| Bull Run | July 21, 1861; Confederate army won; the first major battle, made the war seem real |
| Vicksburg | May 18 july 4 1863;union army won;the Confederate army lost half their soldiers |
| Gettysburg | July 1 – 3, 1863; Union army won;The battle had 51,000 casualties which caused Lincoln to write the Gettysburg Address. |
| Sherman’s March | November 15–December 21,1864; Union army won; Sherman marched his troops to try and frighten people into abandoning the Confederate cause. They stole the food and livestock and burnt houses and barns of the people who fought back. |
| Antietam | September 17, 1862; Union army won;This battle forced the confederate army to retreat back across the Potomac River. When Lincoln saw the significance of this battle he issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation. |
| Lincoln | President during civil war, against slavery |
| Davis | Leader of confederacy |
| Grant | 18th president and union general |
| Lee | Confederate general |
| Frederick Douglass | A slave that escaped three times and was successful the third time and became friends with Abraham Lincoln |
| Dred Scott | A slave who went all the way the supreme court because he thought that when his master traveled to free states that he should be free |
| Harriet Tubman | Was a slave that escaped and went back several times to help slaves escape along the underground railroad was nicknamed Moses |
| H.B Stowe | Wrote uncle tom’s cabin |
| Eli Whitney | Invented the cotton gin |
| Sherman | Led Sherman’s march |
| Jackson | Confederate general after Robert e lee |
| Clara Barton | Founded the American red cross and went straight into battle to help wounded soldiers |
| John w. Booth | Assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| John Brown | Raided harpers ferry and thought it was under God’s command, abolitionist |
| President of the union? | Lincoln |
| President of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| advantages of the North? | * More people * 5/6 of nations railroad * more money, food, factories * government already in operation |
| advantages of the South? | * More spirt * Fighting on their home soil * men were use to fight *help from England |
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