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Civil War Vocabulary
Vocabulary terms for Cilvil War in Social Studies.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Missouri Compromise | Missouri was a slave state, as congress had to reach many agreements for slaves in the west. |
| Sectionalism | The ability to be focused on your section or region, not your whole country. |
| Abolitionist | Someone who disagrees with slavery and wants to get rid of it. |
| Sojourner Truth | An abolitionist that was a powerful speaker and a women's right's activist. |
| Frederick Douglass | A slave that was an abolitionist that escaped slavery. He could also read and write, unlike many other slaves. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Added California as a free 'no slave' state. Henry Clay was an important leader of this act. |
| Harriet Tubman | A woman who escaped slavery that left her family. She was a leader of the underground railroad as she helped other slaves escape slavery. |
| Underground Railroad | Was a passage in which slaves could follow to escape slavery. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | A law designed to make sure that escaped slaves will return back to the south into slavery. |
| Dred Scott Vs. Sanford | Scott sued his master for freedom, but court chose slavery because slaves were legal property. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | A law establishing the Kansas and Nebraska acts, letting people vote for them to be slave or free. |
| Bleeding Kansas | Everyone flooded Kansas trying to promote slavery or anti-slavery. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | A novel about abolition and how terrible slavery is. The author is abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and she was the daughter of a slavery abolition minister. |
| Harper's Ferry | A band of fugitive slaves in an attack in a part of Virginia. Leader John Brown was ordered to stop fighting. |
| John Brown | A very strong abolitionist that wanted a war against slavery and was a part of bleeding Kansas. |
| Abraham Lincoln | After elected, the Civil War began soon after. He was known as one of the greatest presidents in America's history. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | An important turning point of the civil war, and it stated that slaves in the rebellious states would be free. Declared in 1863. |
| The Gettysburg Address | An address that connected the sacrifices of the Civil War. It was 273 words and was one of the most important documents in humankind. |
| Secede/Succesion | To withdraw from a union or organization. |
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