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Chapter 9 New York-Civil War
Women's Rights/Slavery/Civil War
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History
4th Grade
05/23/2007

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secede
Definition
To break away from
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Civil War
Definition
A war fought between the Northern and Southern States.
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Draft
Definition
to be required to serve in the military.
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reform
Definition
To change something in hopes of making it better.
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Confederacy
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Name of the Southern States that decided to break away from the United States to form the "Confederate States of America."
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The Union
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The States (mostly northern) that remained in the United States after the confederates split off were known as.....
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abolutionist
Definition
A person who wanted to end slavery.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
An official order issued by President Abe Lincoln that promised freedom for enslaved people of the Confederacy.
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Underground Railroad
Definition
A network of secret routes used by escaping slaves.
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Where was the first women's rights convention in the U.S. held?
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Seneca Falls, NY
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Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Definition
A New York woman who decided to work for reform and helped plan the women's rights convention in NY.
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What was the name of the document that the men and women created at the Women's rights convention?
Definition
the "Women's Declaration of Independence"
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Susan B. Anthony
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This woman was a teacher and a worker for women's rights. She was arrested for voting in an election before women had the right to vote.
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Sojourner Truth
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This woman was born into slavery on a New York farm. She escaped and worked to abolish slavery.
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Harriet Tubman
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This woman was born a slave in Maryland. She escaped but risked her life and her freedom to help many other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. She even acted as a spy for the Union during the Civil War!
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Frederick Douglass
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A man that escaped from slavery in Maryland and went on to make forceful speeches against slavery.
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The Monitor
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The name of an iron warship built in New York
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South Carolina
Definition
The first State to secede from the United States.
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What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Ammendment to the U.S,. Constitution?
Definition
It's the Ammendment that abolishes slavery everywhere inthe United States.
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List three ways NY supported the Union in the Civil War.
Definition
1. NY sent more soldiers than any other state to fight in the war.

2. NY factories built rifles and made uniforms for the unionist soldiers.

3. NY farmers grew food for the soldiers.
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What was one important result of the Civil War?
Definition
1. The United States did not permanently break apart.

2. The end of slavery in the U.S.
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Why did the election of President Lincoln worry the southern states?
Definition
The southern states felt that Lincoln would try to end slavery. (They were right)
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Put the following three events in the order they happened:
A. States seceded from the United States to form the "Confederate States of America"

B. Abraham Lincoln was elected President.

C. Confederate soldiers fired the first shot of the Civil War
Definition
Correct Order:

B-Lincoln elected President.
A-Southern States seceded
C-First Shots of Civil War fired
by confederates at Fort Sumter.
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