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| sectionalism | loyalty to a region |
| cotton gin | a machine that removed the dees from cotton fibers, which increased the amount of cotton that could be processed |
| The cotton gin led to the demand for _______ | more workers (slaves) |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| Underground Railroad | a system that helped African Americans escape from slavery |
| Harriet Tubman | the conductor of the Underground Railroad |
| abolitionist | a person who did not support slavery |
| Frederick Douglass | Influential speaker & writer. Edited a newspaper called "The North Star". |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | tried to balance the power of the North and South |
| popular sovereignty | the idea of letting the people decide |
| Dred Scott Case | A supreme Court case where a slave(Dred Scott) sued for his freedom. The court ruled against him. |
| States Rights | rights and powers given to the states by the Constitution based on the belief that states rights supercede federal laws. |
| An idea that led to the Civil war | states rights |
| Union | the side that wanted to end slavery (North) |
| Confederacy | side that supported slavery (South) |
| Clara Barton | helped heal wounded soldiers during the war (started the Red Cross) |
| Robert E. Lee | leader of the Confederate troops |
| Ulysses S. Grant | leader of the Union Troops |
| Abraham Lincoln | commander of the Union (16th President) |
| William T Sherman | Union officer, Famous for Shermans March to the Sea, told troops to burn down everything in sight |
| Goals of the Union | have the Southern staes rejoin the Union and to end slavery |
| Goals of the Confederacy | Independence from the rest of the nation |
| Emancipation Proclamation | encouraged slaves to run away from their owners, an issue that led to the Civil War |
| Gettysburg Address | A speech that lifted the spirits of Americans and helped them focus on winning the war for the Union |
| Appomattox Court House | where General Lee and his troops surrendered |
| General Grants terms of surrender at Appomattox | Confederate soldiers had to lay down their arms but could keep their horses. |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassinated President Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | became President after Lincoln died |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th amendment | gave full citizenship to all people that were born in the U.S., including African Americans |
| 15th amendment | allowed African Americans to vote |
| carpetbaggers | Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War |
| Freedmans Bureau | helped freed slaves transition to freedom after the Civil War |
