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Social Studies 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an abolitionist? | people who wanted to abolish or end slavery |
| What is a plantation? | large farms that grow one type of crop |
| What is the Underground Railroad? | a system of helping slaves escape to freedom |
| What kind of economy did the North have? | The North had an industrial economy. Many people were able to get jobs in factories. |
| What kind of economy did the South have? | The South had a farming economy. They had large plantations which used slave labor to grow their crops. |
| What is the Fugitive Slave Act? | Slave owners could recapture escaped slaves even in states where slavery was illegal. |
| Who was Frederick Douglass? | A famous abolitionist who learned how to read and write as a slave. He was one of the country's most important speakers and writers on abolition. |
| What are "stations" "stationmasters" "conductors"? | "stations" are the places where slaves would hide such as barns, houses and churches "stationmasters" are people who helped the slaves hide "conductors" are people who helped move the slaves from one safe place to another such as Harriet Tubman |
| What does secede mean? | to break away |
| What does union mean? | a group that is bound together for a common purpose |
| What is a proclamation? | an official public announcement |
| What does emancipate mean? | to set free |
| What is a Civil War? | when people within a country fight against each other |
| What are 3 reasons for the Civil War? | slavery economy state's rights |
| What is the Emancipation Proclamation? | Lincoln declares all slaves free. |
| What is the Gettysburg Address? | Lincoln's famous speech about why he believed in fighting to save the Union. |
| How long did the Civil War last? | four years |
| What is the Reconstruction Period? | the time after the war to rebuild the South |
| What is a sharecropper? | a farmer who gives part of his crop to a landlord as payment for using the land. |
| What is discrimination? | the unequal treatment of people |
| What is segregation? | the separation of people based on race |
| How many slaves were freed during the Civil War? | four million |
| What does the 13th Amendment do? | makes slavery illegal |
| What happened on April 14, 1865? | Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth |
| What freedoms did African Americans get during the Reconstruction Period? | the freedom to vote, go to school and hold jobs |
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