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23 Cards in this Set
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The rights of people to be treated equally under the law. (p. 127)
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Civil rights
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The war in the United States between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South 1986-1865. (p. 124)
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Civil War
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The government formed by 11 southern states that seceded from the United States, 1860-1865. (p. 123)
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Confederacy
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A document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 explaining why the 13 colonies should be free of British rule. (p. 113)
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Declaration of Independence
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The announcement by President Lincoln in 1863 that all enslaved people living in Confederate states were free (p. 125)
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Emancipation Proclamation
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An elected group of citizens who made laws for the Virginia colony beginning in 1619. (p. 112)
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House of Burgesses
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The forced movement of Cherokee and some other Native Americans to what is now Oklahoma in 1838. (p. 107)
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Trail of Tears
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A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom along secret routes before and during the Civil War. (p. 120)
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Underground Railroad
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The states that remained in the United States after the Confederacy formed. (p. 123)
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Union
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Father of waters. (p. 75)
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Mississippi River
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Where is the mouth of the Mississippi River? (p. 75)
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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The source of the Mississippi River. (p. 75)
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Lake Itasca
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A place where Thomas Jefferson and others met to plan their freedom from England. (p. 112)
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Raleigh Tavern
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The president in office when 11 states left the United States. (p. 123)
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Abraham Lincoln
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The President of the Confederacy. (p. 123)
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Jefferson Davis
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A famous leader of the Confederate Army. (p. 124)
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Robert E. Lee
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The famous leader of the Union Army. (p. 124)
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The African American who led the March on Washington. (p. 129)
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The city where the bus boycott began in 1955. (p. 129)
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Montgomery, Alabama
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This person's arrest led to the bus boycott. (p. R40)
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Rosa Parks
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Cherokee who invented a writing system for the Cherokee language. (p. 104)
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Sequoyah
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Conductor of the Underground Railroad (p. R40)
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Harriet Tubman
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The capital of the Cherokee. (p. 105)
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Echota
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