Civil War Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The Civil War | Civilian war or Citizen warr |
North | industrial-factories-small farms-big cities |
South | large plantations-king cotton |
Territory | an area of land that belongs to a government |
Abolitionist | persons who are against slavery |
Tariff | a tax on goods |
Cotton Gin | a machine invented by Eli Whitney that took seeds out of cotton |
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 |
State Rights (rats) | the belief that each state should be allowed to make its own decision about issues affecting it |
Fugitive State Law | passed in congress that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves |
Uncle Tom's Cabin ---------------- | a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that made people understand the atrocities of slavery. The book protested the Fugitive Slave Law-sold 3,000 |
Underground Railroad | a network of people who would risk breaking the law to hide runaway slaves |
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. |
John Brown 2 | Robert Lee captured him. He was hanged and known as a martyr for the North |
Bleeding Kanas | many people died fighting wether there should be slavery in Kansas or not |
Missouri Compromise of 1850 | allowing the people in the territories to decide slavery for themselves and obtaining the North's agreement to obey the Fugitive Slave Law |
Martyr | a person dies or goes to jail for a cause |
Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court decision that said slaves were private property |
Northern | U. S. A.-Union blue Abe Lincoln Pres. |
Southern | C. S. A.- Confederate-gray-Jefferson Davis-Pres. Richmond, Va |
November 6, 1860 | Lincoln elected as president |
December 22, 1860 | South Carolina from the Union and 8 more states followed |
March 4, 1861 | Lincoln took office |
April 12, 1861 | Civil War began at Fort Sumter in S. C. - first shots by the Confederates |
Secede | to break away from a group |
Facts About | All Civil War battles fought in the South except for two. |
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