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| The time period after the revolutionary war and before the Civil War |
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| A book written by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe that was about slavery in a different perspective than other books of that genre |
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| An abolitionist who was a runaway slave and also consulted Then-President Abraham Lincoln many times |
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| Abolitionist that wrote many anti-slavery books such as Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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| Abolitionist who was a journalist on an anti-slavery newspaper |
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| People who were against slavery and wanted to end it |
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| Compromise that made California a free state and the north to release all runaway slaves back to the south |
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| Allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether they would want to be a free state or slave state |
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| Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state |
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| Machine created by Eli Whitney that made picking the seeds out of cotton easier |
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| belief that the states rights come before the nations |
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| Affirmed the compromise of 1850 |
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| Forced Labor in which people are treated as propertty |
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| Union Blockade of Georgia's coast |
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| Blockade used to prevent the passage of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy |
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| A battle in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. The most significant Union lost and the battle with the second most casulties |
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| A battle in the city of Gettsyburg, Pennsylvania. It was the war's turning point for the Union. It was the bloddiest battle on in the war. |
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| Also known as Camp Sumter. The largest confederate prison during the civil war |
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| Sherman's March to the Sea |
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| A campaign across Georgia to capture the port of Savannah |
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| Confederate vice-president during the Civil War |
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| The act of leaving the Union |
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| Elected Abraham Lincoln President and led to states seccessed |
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| War between the Union and the Confederate States of America. |
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| Federal government agency that aided the refugees of the civil war |
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