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civil war
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6th Grade
09/16/2009

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Abraham Lincoln
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President of the Northern States-Union
helped slaves by ordering army recruiters to allow african americans to join army
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy-Southern States
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What is the importance of Fort Sumter?
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North fired on fort -start of the Civil War.
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secession
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Southern states left the union to form their own country-a major cause of the civil war
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in1852-turned people against the horrors of slavery
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Dred Scott decision
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1857-Missouri slave, sued for his freedom when his owner moved him to a free state-Wisconsin-supreme court said he was not free because he was not a citizen
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Naval blockade
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blockade of southern ports-Lincoln wanted to stop the confederate states ability to trade with other countries
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Fort Sumter
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April 12, 1861- fort in south carolina-34 hour fight- Union tried to retake the for for 4 years
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Jophn C. Calhoun
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senator fro south carolina led pro slavery faction in senate-founder of Fugitive slave law which made free states return slaves.
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Emamcipation Proclamation
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declared that all people should be free but it did not free the slaves because southern states seceded and formed their own country and fought to continue slavery
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Ulysses S. Grant
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General of Northern army
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Robert E. Lee
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General of confederate forces
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Underground Railroad
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people who helped slaves escape to the north sent them from home to home on the way up north towards freedom-not a real railroad just a term used to show how the slaves were moved to freedom
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Uncle Tom's Cabin-
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opened people's eyes to the horrors of slavery
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13th amendment
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ended slavery
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14th amendment
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protected african americans equally under the law
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15th amendment
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african americans allowed to vote
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Freedmen's Bureau
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fed housed freed slaves-also built hospitals and schools
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Battle of Gettysburg
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bloodiest battle of the civil war
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appomattox courthouse
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Lee surrened to Grant here on April 9, 1865
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Andrew Johnson
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President during reconstruction-during reconstruction-allowed c oconfederate leaders to be elected and then end black codes
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Black Codes
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let blacks do some things but could not own weapons, serve on juries or own land
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Abolitionist movement
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movement fueled by blacks and whites to put an end to slavery
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abolition
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act of abolising slavery
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William Lloyd Garrison
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wrote the liberator-labeled slave ownership a crime
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Nat Turner led a slave rebellion-killed 60 white men, women and children-forced southern slave owners to realize slaves might turn on their masters
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North
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dominant in business land and population
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south
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farms-lots of land, crops and slaves
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Frederick Douglass
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abolitionist- born a slave, escaped to freedom helped with the Underground RR
published the North Star a newspaper with goals of abolishing slavery and educating colored people
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John Brown
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abolitionist-used violence to help end slavery and was sent to prision for murder, treason and conspiracy
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Women during the civil war
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nurses-made bandages, knitted socks-made weapons and uniforms
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reconstruction
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period after the end of the civil war which helped african americans adjust to their new freedom. ended in 1870
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