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4th Grade Unit

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Civil War   Civilian War it Citizen War  
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North   Industrial-factories-small farms-big cities  
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South   Large plantations-King Cotton  
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Territory   An area of land that belongs to a government  
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Abolitionists   Persons who are against slavery  
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Tariff   A tax on goods  
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Cotton Gin   A machine invented by Eli Whitney that took seeds out of cotton  
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Missouri Compromise of 1820   A law passed by congress created an imaginary line from east to west through the Louisiana territory allowing slavery in some area and outlawing slavery in others  
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State Rights   The belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decision about issues affecting it  
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Fugitive Slave Law   Passed in congress that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves  
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Uncle Tom's Cabin   A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that made the people understand the atrocities of slavery. The book protested the Fugitive Slave Law- sold 3,000  
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Underground Railroad   A network of people who would risk breaking the law to hide runaway slaves  
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John Brown   Held a gun in one hand and a bible in another. A strong believer in no slavery and he raided the town of Harper's Ferry- captured the U.S. arsenal freed slaves and captured plantation owners- Robert E Lee captured him.  
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John Brown 2   He was hanged and was known as Martyr for the North  
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Bleeding Kansas   Many people died in fighting wether there should be slavery in Kansas or not  
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Missouri Compromise of 1850   Allowing people in the territories to decide slavery for themselves and obtaining the North's agreement to obey the Fugitive Slave Law  
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Martyr   A person dies or goes to jail for a cause  
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Dred Scott Decision   Supreme Court decision that said slaves were private property  
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Northern   U.S.A- Union- blue Abe Lincoln Pres. (Washington D.C.-capitol)  
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Southern   C.S.A Confederate-gray- Jefferson Davis -Pres. Richmond, Va (capitol)-100 miles apart  
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November 6, 1860   Lincoln elected as president- close race  
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December 22, 1860   South Carolina seceded from the Union and 8 more states followed  
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March 4, 1861   Lincoln took office  
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April 12, 1861   Civil War began at Fort Sumter in S.C- first shots by the confederates  
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Secede   To break away from a group  
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Facts on Battles   All Civil War battles fought in the South except for two. North named its battles after a stream or run- South named it after the nearest town  
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Merrimac   South Ironclad ship  
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Monitor   North Ironclad ship  
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Emancipation Proclamation   January 1, 1863- President Lincoln declared that all slaves were free men  
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