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Civil War
4th Grade Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civil War | Civilian War it Citizen War |
| North | Industrial-factories-small farms-big cities |
| South | Large plantations-King Cotton |
| Territory | An area of land that belongs to a government |
| Abolitionists | Persons who are against slavery |
| Tariff | A tax on goods |
| Cotton Gin | A machine invented by Eli Whitney that took seeds out of cotton |
| Missouri Compromise of 1820 | A law passed by congress created an imaginary line from east to west through the Louisiana territory allowing slavery in some area and outlawing slavery in others |
| State Rights | The belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decision about issues affecting it |
| Fugitive Slave Law | Passed in congress that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that made the people understand the atrocities of slavery. The book protested the Fugitive Slave Law- sold 3,000 |
| Underground Railroad | A network of people who would risk breaking the law to hide runaway slaves |
| John Brown | Held a gun in one hand and a bible in another. A strong believer in no slavery and he raided the town of Harper's Ferry- captured the U.S. arsenal freed slaves and captured plantation owners- Robert E Lee captured him. |
| John Brown 2 | He was hanged and was known as Martyr for the North |
| Bleeding Kansas | Many people died in fighting wether there should be slavery in Kansas or not |
| Missouri Compromise of 1850 | Allowing people in the territories to decide slavery for themselves and obtaining the North's agreement to obey the Fugitive Slave Law |
| Martyr | A person dies or goes to jail for a cause |
| Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court decision that said slaves were private property |
| Northern | U.S.A- Union- blue Abe Lincoln Pres. (Washington D.C.-capitol) |
| Southern | C.S.A Confederate-gray- Jefferson Davis -Pres. Richmond, Va (capitol)-100 miles apart |
| November 6, 1860 | Lincoln elected as president- close race |
| December 22, 1860 | South Carolina seceded from the Union and 8 more states followed |
| March 4, 1861 | Lincoln took office |
| April 12, 1861 | Civil War began at Fort Sumter in S.C- first shots by the confederates |
| Secede | To break away from a group |
| Facts on Battles | All Civil War battles fought in the South except for two. North named its battles after a stream or run- South named it after the nearest town |
| Merrimac | South Ironclad ship |
| Monitor | North Ironclad ship |
| Emancipation Proclamation | January 1, 1863- President Lincoln declared that all slaves were free men |