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Social 8 vocab
19-20
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment | Abolished slavery throughout the U.S. |
| Abolish | To end |
| Abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery |
| Appomattox Court House | Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant |
| Beauregard | Confederate General at Fort Sumter |
| Henry Brown | Escaped slave nicknamed " box " |
| Bull run | First major battle of the Civil War at a creek in Manassas VA |
| Civil War | Deadliest war in American history |
| Colony | A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country |
| Conductors | A guide along the Underground railroad who helped slaves to reach freedom |
| Confederacy | The nation formed by the southern states when 11 states seceded from the union |
| Deserted | Left without permission |
| Fredrick Douglas | Escaped slave and great black abolitionist who fought to end slavery through political action |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in the areas still at war with the union |
| Fort Sumter | First shots of the Civil War. Confederates attacked the federal fort |
| Fugitive | Someone who is running away or escaping |
| Fugitive Slave Act | A law that made it a crime to help a runaway slave |
| William Loyd Garrison | Published a newspaper called the "Liberator" to write and print articles against slavery. Founded the American Anti-Slavery Society |
| Gettysburg | 3 day battle in PA. Last south attempt to invade the north |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's famous 2 minute speech given at the National Cemetery in 1863 |
| Ulysses Grant | Chosen to lead the Union Army by President Lincoln. Union general that accepted Lee's surrender |
| Indentured servants | Poor men and women who made deals to work for free in exchange for the cost of the trip to America. Free to go when their time was up |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Left it up to the settlers of the territories above the Mason Dixon line to decide whether or not to allow slavery |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General trapped at Appomatox |
| Abraham Lincoln | President in 1860, shot and killed by a southerner, gave speech called the Gettysburg Address |
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