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Q3 Soical Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1 Civil war: | Four year conflict between north and south over slavery |
| 2 Fort Sumter: | The first battle of the Civil war |
| 3 C.S.A. | Confederate State of America or the Confederacy |
| 4 Secede: | To leave or break away from a group; the south seceded from the union. |
| 5 Appomattox: | The Virginia town where General Lee surrendered to the union army. |
| 6 Underground Railroad: | A system of stops and safe houses that slaves used to escape to freedom in the North |
| 7 Emancipation Procalmation: | The presidential order that free all slaves in the Confederate states |
| 8 The gettysbrug address: | President Lincoln's famous speech at the end of the Civil war |
| 9 Abraham Lincoln: | The United States (Union) President during the Civil war |
| 10 Jefferson Davis: | president of the confederacy during the civil |
| 11 Andrew Johnson: | Lincoln's vice-president; he became president when Lincoln was assassinated |
| 12 Border states: | Delaware Kentucky Maryland, missouri west virginia Supported slavery but did not join the confederacy |
| 13 Juneteeth | June 19, 1865 marks the date when the last slaves were set free in texas |
| 14 13th Amendment: | Amendment added to the constitution that outlawed or banned slavery in the United States |
| 15 14th Amendment: | Amendment added to the Constitution that gave freed slaves U.S. citizenship |
| 16 15th Amendment | Amendment added to the Constitution that gave African-American men the right to vote. |
| 17 Reconstruction | 1865 - 1877, the time period after the Civil War when the Southern states were brought back into the union |
| 18 carpetbagger | A person from the North who traveled to the South to help or make money during the Reconstruction |
| 19 scallywag | A person in the South who supported the Nothern goal of freedom and rights for former slaves during Reconstruction |
| 20 freemen's Bureau | An organization set up by the goverment to help former slaves and poor whites during Reconstruction |
| 21 10 percent plan | President Lincoln`s plan to bring the Confederacy back to the Union |
| 22 Radical Republicans | Members in Congress during Reconstruction who wanted to punish the South and provide rights to former slaves |
| 23 Ford`s Theatre | Location in Washington D.C. where President Lincoln was assassinated. |
| 24 Black Codes | Laws passed in the Southern states during Reconstruction that discriminated against Black and Brown people |
| Redeemers | Southern while Democrats who fought against Reconstruction and rights for freed slaves |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that allowed "separate, but equal" places for blacks and whites |
| Jim Crow laws | Laws that limited the freedom and rights of African Americans mostly in the south and allowed segregation |
| HBCU's | Historically Black colleges and universities |
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