Slavery - Vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Abolitionist | Someone who wanted to abolish or end slavery in the US. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote the novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was an abolitionist from Massachusetts. |
| Underground Railroad | Neither underground nor a railroad, it was a system of secret routes that escaping slaves followed to freedom. |
| Fugitive Slave Law | Law that required police in free states to help capture escaping slaves. |
| Free States | These were the states that didn't allow slavery, they were found mainly in the north. |
| Slave States | These were the states that allowed slavery, they were found mainly in the south. |
| Secede | To break away from a group, such as the Southern states seceding from the Union in 1861. |
| Prejudice | A negative opinion formed without proof. |
| Civil War | A war fought between two groups of citizens of the same country. |
| The Emancipation Proclamation | An official announcement issued by President Lincoln in 1862 that led to the end of slavery. |
| 13th Amendment | This was the amendment that was added to the Constitution that Ended Slavery in the US. |
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