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6305793214Slave stateA state witch that allows slavery.0
6305793215Free stateA state witch does not allow slavery.1
6305793216Missouri comprimisePlan stating that Missouri could be added as a slave state if Maine was added as a free state. Line of Louisiana Territory said that anything above the line was a free state, anything below was a slave state.2
6305793217TariffsSpecial taxes on goods coming into the United states.3
6305793218AbolitionistsAmericans that want to abolish,or end slavery.4
6305793220TreasonBetraying ones country, punishable by death.5
6305793221SecedeWithdraw or separate6
6305793222Civil warA war among people who live in the same country.7
6305793223DraftA selection of men who must serve in a war.8
6305793224BlockcadeShips would cut off access to ports.9
6305793225AbolitionistA person who worked to end slavery.10
6305793226SlaveryThe treatment of people as property. Forced to work against ones will without pay.11
6305793228Civil WarThe war that divided America in the 1860s. A war between citizens of the same country. The war lasted 4 years. Brother's War or War Between the States.12
6305793229ReconstructionThe period of time after the Civil War in which Southern states were rebuilt and brought back to the Union.13
6305793230UnionThe North, Yankees, the Blue. Fought in the war to keep the states together and later made a goal to end slavery through the war.14
6305793231CompromiseA way of settling disagreements in which each side gives away a little in its demands (ex. Missouri Compromise, Missouri admitted as slave, Maine as free-kept balance of power in Senate)15
6305793232ConfederacyAnother name for the Confederate States of America, made up of the 11 states that seceded from the Union. The South, Rebels, the Gray. Fought in the war to hopefully become an independent country.16
6305793233Emancipation ProclamationA special order by President Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam that stated that all slaves in states still fighting against the Union were free.17
6406880405Henry ClayThe Great Compromiser, made the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.18
6406892046Abraham LincolnPresident of the Union, He believed that it was unconstitutional for the Southern states to secede.19
6406893769Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederacy20
6407074234Anaconda PlanThe Union's plan to blockade the Confederacy was called:21
6407074233South CarolinaWhat state did many Northerners blame for starting the war?22
6407074235Black CodesLaws passed to control newly freed captives in the South were called the:23
6407074239Battle of AntietamThe Union's first victory in a battle during the civil war was...24
6407074236ImpeachTo charge the President with wrong doing while in office is to:25
6407074240The Fifteenth AmendmentPeople couldn't be denied the right to vote because of race or color26
640707424213thThis amendment abolished slavery:27
6407074243Dred ScottWhich one of the enslaved persons went before the Supreme Court to get his freedom?28
6407074244More people and a greater wealthUnion troops expected an easy victory because the North had:29
6407074245More Natural ResourcesWhich of the following was NOT an advantage for the South?30
6407074247Had their rights taken awayAfter Reconstruction ended in 1877, African Americans in the South:31
6407074248Red CrossClara Barton helped the North with medical needs and founded an organization, the ______________________ that still exists today and provides assistance to those in need during times of disaster.32
6407074249Battle of GettysburgWhich one of the following battles of the Civil War was considered the turning point?33
6407074250Harriett Tubman and Rose GreenhoweWomen during the time of the Civil War treated the wounded, helped with supplies, and acted as spies. Which pair of women acted as spies?34
6407074251John Wilkes BoothPresident Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theater by:35
6407074252AbolitionistsIndividuals who worked hard to put an end to slavery were:36
6407074253Drinking GourdMany enslaved people used clues and codes provided by the __________________________ to help the escape to freedom in the North.37
6407074254Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln in honor and memory of those who lost their lives in the Civil War wrote a famous 3 minute speech that discussed liberty and equality called the:38
6407074255Underground RailroadThe system used by slaves escaping to freedom in the North was called the:39
6407074256Robert E. LeeThe leading general for the Confederacy was:40
6407074257Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady StantonWho fought for women's rights as well as for putting an end to slavery?41
6407074258Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriett Beecher StoweWhich one of the following helped to inform and persuade people to change their minds about slavery?42
6407074259State's RightsThe idea that each state in the South should have the right to declare their own laws and make their own decisions about slavery was called:43
64070742601. Uncle Tom's Cabin 2. Polarization of Slavery 3. Tariffs 4. State's Rights 5. Invention of Cotton Gin 6. SlaveryList the causes of the Civil War44
6407074261Sherman's March to the SeaWhat event was a cause leading to Lee's surrender to Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse?45
6407074262Carpet BaggersNortherners who moved to the South after the Civil War were called:46
6407074263FugitivesThe Compromise of 1850 contained the Fugitive Slave Act. This act required all Americans in the North to turn in people who had escaped from slavery. These escapees were called:47
6407074264Henry ClayThe Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 helped keep peace between the North and the South for forty years. These compromises were written by a man from Kentucky:48

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