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civil war
4th grad social studdies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil war | civilian war |
| north | industrial |
| south | large plantations |
| territory | an area that belongs to a government |
| abolitionist | a person against slavery |
| tarrif | a tax on goods |
| cotton gin | a machine invented by Eli Whitney that took seeds out of cotton |
| missouri compromise of 1820 | a law allowing slavery in all states south of an imaginary line and outlawing it in all states above it except missouri |
| state rights | the belief that each state can make it's own decision |
| fugitive slave law | passed in congress a law that said any escaped slaves in the north can be brought back to the south. |
| uncle tom's cabin | a book that protested the fugitive slave law and helped people understand the atrocities of slavery |
| underground railroad | a network to hide runaway slaves |
| john brown | held a gun in one hand a bible in the other. a strong believer in no slavery and raided the town of harper's ferry.captured slaves and raided towns then let them free. |
| bleeding kansas | many people died fighting wether there should be slavery or not |
| missouri compromise of 1850 | allowing territories to choose if they want slavery or not |
| martyr | a person who dies or goes to jail for a cause |
| dred scott decision | a famous decision that all slaves were propperty |
| northern | usa blue |
| southern | csa grey |
| november 6, 1860 | lincoln elected presedant |
| december 22 1860 | south carolina seceded from the union and 8 states followed |
| april 12 1861 | civil war began at fort sumter |
| march 4 1861 | lincoln took office |
| secede | to break from a group |
| facts on battle | all civil war battles but two were in the south north named its battles after a stream or run south named its battles after the nearest town |
| merrimac | south ironclad ship |
| monitor | north ironclad ship |
| emancipation proclamation | january 1 lincoln declares all slaves are free men |
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