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AH1 M8L1 Key Terms 2
American History 1 Module 8 Lesson 1 Key Terms 2
Term | Definition |
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Confederacy | The Southern states that seceded from the Union in February 1861 and formed the Confederate States of America. |
Battle of Bull Run | The first major battle of the Civil War in 1861. |
Battle of Antietam | The single bloodiest day of the Civil War in 1862. |
Emancipation Proclamation | Document that formally emancipated, or freed, all slaves in Confederate areas not under Union control. |
Battle of Gettysburg | Known as the turning point of the Civil War. |
Battle of Vicksburg | Marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. |
John Brown | A leader of the abolitionist cause who led the raid on "Harper's Ferry" in 1859. |
Harper's Ferry Raid | An event in 1859 in which John Brown led a violent uprising and took over a government weapons storage buildings and hostages in Harper's Ferry in western Virginia. |
Fugitive Slave Act | A law passed in 1850 that required a runaway slave be returned to his or her "owner" by anyone coming in contact with a slave that has fled to freedom. |
Bleeding Kansas | Became the center of violence and many people were killed because of the issue of slavery. |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book highlighted the awful conditions under which slaves lived and angered people in the North and people in the South. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which highlighted the awful conditions under which slaves lived and angered people in the North and people in the South. |
Kansas-Nebraska Act | Created two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. |
Sumner Brooks Incident | Representative Preston Brooks, from the South, attacked Senator Charles Sumner, from the North, on the Senate floor over an anti-slavery speech given by Senator Sumner. |
Dred Scott v. Sandford | The Supreme Court ruling that said slaves were property and had no rights in court. |
Abraham Lincoln | Republican who was elected President of the United States in the election of 1860. |