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23 Cards in this Set
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A person who wanted to end slavery. Is called
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Abolitionist
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Formal changes to a document (constitution). Is called
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Amendment
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Store houses for weapons. Is called
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Arsenal
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The closing of a port by positioning ships to keep the people or supplies from moving in or out. Is called
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Blockade
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To withdraw from something, such as a nation. Is called
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Secede
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A farm worker who works someone else's land and pays for it by giving the land owner a share of the crops grown.
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Share cropper
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People loyal to the union during the American civil war. Is called
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Unionist
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People who take the law into their own hands. Is called
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Vigilante
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Ships that past a blockade to deliver goods. Is called
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Blockade runner
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3 issues that helped bring about the civil war
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1)states rights
2)public lands 3)slavery in the south |
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Name the main reason that the south supported the Kansa Nebraska act?
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It gave them the right to decide if their states would allow slavery.
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What chief product grown on plantations Made the most use of slavery
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Cotton
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Who was the Texas gov that got removed from his position bec he opposed secession.
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Sam Houston
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What was the main reason that Texas suffered shortages of goods during the civil war.
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Bec of the union blockade
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What confederate battle victory helped keep an important port open for the confederacy
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Battle of Galveston
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Name the main reason of the great hanging
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A group of unionist protested the draft.
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List 3 parts to the black codes that were passed after the civil war.
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1)Couldn't serve on juries
2)forced them to work 3)couldn't hold public office |
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Production rose for what 3 crops in Texas during reconstruction
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Cotton, wheat, corn
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Name the states that joined the confederacy (bonus)
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Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Tennessee Florida Georgia north and South Carolina Virginia
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What date did Texas secede from the union
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February 23 1861
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What was the first state to join the confederacy
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South Carolina
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Who was the president of the union
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Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the president of the confederacy
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Jefferson Davis
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