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19 Cards in this Set
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Fort Sumter |
Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War |
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Blockade |
An act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving usually in war |
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Conscription |
if there are not enough volunteers to fight in a war, the government may have a military draft; a law that says if you are able to fight in the war, you have to fight |
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Trench Warfare |
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
(1862) an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863 |
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Ironclad Ships |
A ship covered with iron plates and used in the Civil War; Merrimac Vs. Monitor, the first ever naval battle between ironclads in 1862; they revolutionized naval warfare |
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Copperheads |
A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War |
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Habeus Corpus |
A legal principle that requires authorities to show reasons why a person should be held in custody and to provide a speedy trial |
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Secede |
To leave |
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Union |
A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern (red) army. |
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Confederacy |
the name of government used by the Southern (green) states that seceded during the Civil War |
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Fugitive Slave Law |
A rule that was written in the Compromise of 1850 that stated: If a slave goes from the South to the North, they are a fugitive slave and can be returned to the South. It also included the deputization of ordinary citizens so that they were unable to refuse to help. |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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Underground Railroad |
A system of secret routes used by slaves to escape and reach freedom in the North or in Canada |
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Harriet Tubman |
U.S. abolitionist; born a slave on a plantation in Maryland; became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad lead slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) |
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Preston Brooks |
a Congressman from South Carolina, known for brutally assaulting senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate. |
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Senator Charles Sumner |
Leading abolitionist legislator; one of the most disliked men in the senate |
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Democratic Party |
A political party that arose in the 1820s from a split in the Democratic-Republican party. Andrew Jackson was the first president elected from it. The party split in 1860 over the issue of slavery |
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Border States |
States bordered the North (yellow): Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri; They were slave states, but did not secede. |
