Vocabulary 8.1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Confederacy | The Southern states that seceded from the Union in February 1861 and formed the Confederate States of America
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| Battle of Bull Run | The first major battle of the Civil War in 1861
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| The Battle of Antietam | The single bloodiest day of the Civil War in 1862
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| Emancipation Proclamation | A document that formally emancipated, or freed, all slaves in Confederate areas not under Union control
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| Battle of Gettysburg | Known as the turning point of the Civil War
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| Battle of Vicksburg | Marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy
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| John Brown |
A leader of the abolitionist cause who led the raid on "Harper's Ferry" in 1859
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| 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
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| Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | 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
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| Bleeding Kansas 1854-1861 | Became the center of violence and many people were killed because of the issue of slavery
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| 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
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| 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
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| Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 | Created two territories: Kansas and Nebraska
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| Sumner Brooks incident of 1856 | Representative Preston Brooks, from the South, attacked Senator Charles Sumne, from the North, on the Senate floor over an anti-slavery speech given by Senator Sumner
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| Dred Scott decision of 1857 | The Supreme Court said that slaves were property and had no rights in court
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| Abraham Lincoln | A Republican, elected as President of the United States in the election of 1860
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