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21 Cards in this Set
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Secession |
The formal withdrawal of a state from the Union, became more frequent. |
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Popular Sovereignty |
The right to vote for or against slavery, for residents of the New Mexico and Utah territories. |
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Underground Railroad |
The system of escape routes. |
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Harriet Tubman |
One of the most famous conductors and was born in Maryland in 1820 or 1821. |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
A woman who bought the horrors of slavery into the homes of a great many Americans. In 1852 she published her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" |
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Franklin Pierce |
In 1852 the Whig vote in the South fell dramatical- ly, which helped produce a victory for the Democratic candidate. |
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Drew Scott |
A slave whose owner took him from the slave state of Missouri to free territory in Illinois and Wisconsin and back to Missouri. |
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Stephen Douglas |
Two-term senator with an outstanding record and a large campaign chest. |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Self- educated man who had been elected to one term in Congress in 1846. |
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Confederacy |
Confederate States of America. |
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Jefferson Davis |
The Confederates then unanimously elected former senator of Mississippi as president. |
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Fort Sumter |
First place shots were exchanged. |
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Bull Run |
The first major battle of the civil war. |
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Stonewall Jackson |
A general in the Confederacy famous for standing his ground. |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
A general that was brave, and decisive military commander. |
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Robert E. Lee |
Was commanded of the army pass onto him. |
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Antiemtam |
A major battle that 26,000 people died. |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
A speech that president Lincoln gave to free the slaves. |
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Conscription |
Fighting intensified, heavy casualties and widespread desertions led each side to impose. |
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Clara Barton |
A dedicated Union nurse. |
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Income Tax |
A tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income. |
