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20 Cards in this Set
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Slave Code |
The laws that defined the status of slaves during the 16-1800’s. |
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Casualty |
Injury, death, or capture during wartime. |
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Cotton Gin |
A machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds. |
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Frederick Douglass |
An African American social reformer, orator, abolitionist, writer, and statesman. |
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Abolitionist |
A person who wanted complete removal of slavery from the US. |
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Harriet Tubman |
An African American woman who led the Underground Railroad; she was called “Moses” by some. |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
He was an abolitionist that promoted immediate emancipation of slaves. |
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Blockade |
The closing off of a port, city, or harbor by enemy ships to prevent entrance or exit. |
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Sectionalism |
Excessive love of the state, local spirit, etc. |
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Fugitive |
A slave that has run away from it’s master, so as to find a new life in Canada. |
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Secession |
The withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states from 1860-61, which was a contributing factor to the Civil War. |
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Missouri Compromise |
A federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country’s western territories. |
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States Rights |
The rights of states to not follow all the laws passed by congress. |
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Underground Railroad |
A system for helping fugitive slaves to escape into Canada, or the West. |
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Popular Sovereignty |
The doctrine of slaveowners that the people of a territory should be free of federal interference. |
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Border Ruffians |
Pro-slavery activists from Missouri who crossed the border into Kansas Territory, to force slavery there. |
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Rebel |
The name for a southern pro-slavery activist (soldier) who fought in the southern army during the Civil War. |
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Yankee |
The name for a northern soldier in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. |
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Emancipate
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To free a slave from bondage. |
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Ironclad |
A wooden warship that had iron or steel armor plating. |
