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Civil War Terms
Fourth Grade Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil War | Civilian War or Citizen War |
| North | Industrial-factories-small farms-bid cities |
| South | Large plantations-King cotton |
| Territory | An area of land that belongs to the government |
| Abolitionist | People who are against slavery |
| Tariff | A tax on goods |
| Cotton Gin | A machine invented by Eli Whitney that too 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 (Rats) | The belief that each state should be allowed to make its on decision about issues affecting it |
| Fugitive Slave Law | Passed in congress that required police to 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 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. He was hanged. |
| Bleeding Kansas | Many people died of fighting whether there should be slavery in Kansas or not |
| Missouri Compromise of 1850 | Allowing the people in the territories to decide slavery for themselves and obtaining the North's agreement to obey the Fugitive Slave Law |
| Martyr | A person who 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, 2860 | South Carolina seceded from Union and 8 more states followed |
| March 4, 1862 | 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 |
| Merrimac | South Ironclad ship |
| Monitor | North Ironclad ship |
| Emancipation Proclamation | January 1, 1863-President Lincoln declared that all slaves were free men |
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