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Civil War Terms
4th Grade Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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Civil War | Civilian or Citizen War |
North | industrial-factories-small farms-big 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 took seed out of cotton |
Missouri Compromise of 1820 | a law passed by congress created an imaginary line from east to west though 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 own decision about issues affecting it |
Fugitive State 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 State Law -sold 3,000 |
Underground Railroad | a net work of people who would risk breaking the the law to hide runaway slaves |
John Brown 1 | held a gun in one hand and a bible in the other. A strong believer in no slavery and he raided the town of Harper's Ferry-captured the U.S arsenal. |
John Brown 2 | Freed slaves and captured plantation owners-Robert E Lee captured him.He was hanged and was known as a Martyr for the North. |
Bleeding Kansas | Many people died in the fighting whether there should be slavery in Kansas or not |
Missouri Compromise 1850 | Allowing the people in the territories to decide slavery for themselves and obtaining the North's agreement to obey the Fugitive State 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 steam or a 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. |