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Gr8 SS Ch16/17

Vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
popular sovereignty the government is created by the permission of the people
Missouri Compromise agreement passed in 1820 that helped decide which Western states would become slave states
Kansas-Nebraska Act got rid of the Missouri Compromise, and allowed the people in each state to decide whether the state would be a slave state
Dred Scott vs. Sanford court decision which stated that slaves do not have rights, could not be protected by Constitution
Compromise an agreement where both sides give a little and get a little
Fugitive Slave Act escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners
Harriet Beecher Stowe author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
habeas corpus a prisoner cannot be held illegally
emancipate free
Emancipation Proclamation an order by President Lincoln which freed slaves
Abraham Lincoln president during the Civil War; abolished slavery
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States during the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg had largest amount of casualties of any Civil War battle; turning point in the war
martial law military rule under emergency circumstances
Robert E. Lee commanding general of the Confederate army during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant military commander of the Union Army during the Civil War
Gettysburg Address important speech by Abraham Lincoln; given during Civil War after Battle of Gettysburg
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