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Civil War Vocabulary

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belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
what white southerners referred to slavery as, meaning that the institution was odd but that it was distinctive, special, since the South was one of the few places in the Western World where slavery still existed, and isolated the South from the rest of American society.
laws in the southern states that controlled enslaved people
the withdrawal of eleven Southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
a person who wanted to end slavery
Mandated that northern states forcibly return escaped slaves to their owners in the South.
being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
a person killed or injured in a war or accident
storage place for military equipment
people who sneaked goods through the Civil War blockade
an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories

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