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28 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 soverignty |
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. Where people at great risk would hide fugitive slaves. |
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Harriet Tubman |
One of the most famous conductors. |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
woman who brought the horrors of slavery into the homes of a great many Americans. |
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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, Franklin Pierce. |
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Dred 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 |
Douglas was a well-known two-term senator with an outstanding record and a large campaign chest, while Lincoln was a self- educated man who had been elected to one term in Congress in 1846. |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Lincoln, on the other hand, believed that slavery was immoral. |
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Confederacy |
where they form the Confederate States of America, or Confederacy. |
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Jefferson Davis |
former senator of Mississippi. |
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Fort sumter |
Important southern fort in unions hand. |
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Bull run |
just 25 miles from Washington, D.C. The battle was a seesaw affair. |
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Stonewall Jackson |
inspired by General Thomas J. Jackson. “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” another general shouted, coining the nickname Stonewall Jackson. |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
a brave and decisive military commander. |
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Robert E. Lee |
Lee was very different from McClellan—modest rather than vain, and willing to go beyond military textbooks in his tactics. |
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Antietam |
two sides fought on September 17 near a creek called the Antietam (Bn-tCPtEm). The clash proved to be the bloodi- est single-day battle in American history, with casualties totaling more than 26,000. |
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Emancipation proclamation |
The following captured national attention. |
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Fort sumter |
Important southern fort in unions hand. |
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Bull run |
just 25 miles from Washington, D.C. The battle was a seesaw affair. |
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Stonewall Jackson |
inspired by General Thomas J. Jackson. “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!” another general shouted, coining the nickname Stonewall Jackson. |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
a brave and decisive military commander. |
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Robert E. Lee |
Lee was very different from McClellan—modest rather than vain, and willing to go beyond military textbooks in his tactics. |
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Antietam |
two sides fought on September 17 near a creek called the Antietam (Bn-tCPtEm). The clash proved to be the bloodi- est single-day battle in American history, with casualties totaling more than 26,000. |
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Emancipation proclamation |
The following captured national attention. |
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Conscription |
a draft that forced men to serve in the army. |
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Clara Barton |
went on to found the American Red Cross after the war. Barton cared for the sick and wounded, often at the front lines of battle. |
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Income Tax |
a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income. |
