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Civil War


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Dred ScottDefinition: Slave who sued for his freedom; Supreme Court ruled slaves (and blacks) are not citizens but property10false
14th AmendmentDefinition: Granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves20false
DixieDefinition: Historic nickname for the Southern United States/Confederacy30false
againstStatement by Abraham Lincoln that proclaimed freedom for slaves in the states that were in rebellion _____ the United States.41true
SectionalismDefinition: During Antebellum period, the North and South began to place their specific interests over those of the country as a whole50false
Uncle Tom's CabinDefinition: An anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the evils of slavery60false
AbolitionistDefinition: Someone who fought against slavery.70false
ConfederacyDefinition: The southern states that left the United States in the 1860's to fight the Civil War.80false
13th AmendmentDefinition: Abolished slavery in the United States90false
Secede/SecessionDefinition: To formally leave the union100false
Civil warDefinition: A war between parts of the same country110false
Border StatesDefinition: The slave states that bordered the United States during the Civil War. Included Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.120false
NullifyDefinition: The right of a state to cancel a federal laws within it's borders130false
15th AmendmentDefinition: Guaranteed all citizens the right to vote140false
AntebellumDefinition: "Before the War", time period that led up to the Civil War150false
smuggleA secret network of escape routes to _____ run-away slaves to freedom in the North161true
Cotton ginDefinition: Invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney, made it easier for slaves to clean cotton and increased the demand for slavery.170false
John BrownDefinition: An abolitionist who led forces in Bleeding Kansas as well as a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia to get weapons180false
Gettysburg AddressDefinition: A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in November 1863 at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg190false
Fugitive Slave ActDefinition: Law that made it illegal to help runaway slaves, even in the North200false