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| Harper’s Ferry | Town in which John Brown tried to raid the gun arsenal to arm slaves so they could escape north and start their own colony in western Virginia. |
| Fort Sumter | The place of the first shooting of the Civil War in which Maj. Robert Anderson would not give up his fort to the Confederate States of America. |
| Protective Tariff | Tax on imported manufactured goods to help the industry of the North. |
| Dred Scott Decision | The US Supreme Court decision that stated that slaves were property and that the US Constitution protected people’s property, therefore slave owners could take their slaves anywhere in the US they wanted. |
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin | A fictional book written by Harriet Beacher Stowe about the crulities of slavery in the south. |
| Election of 1860 | Presidential race between Douglas, Lincoln, Breckenridge, and Bell in which Lincoln won |
| Compromise of 1850 | The agreement that allowed California to join the US as a free state, created the New Mexico and Utah territories, stopped slave trade in Washington, DC, and created a new fugitive slave law |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | The law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and allowed the people of the territories decided if they wanted slaves or not |
| Missouri Compromise | The agreement to allow Missouri to join the US as a slave state and Maine to join the US as a free state |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their 1858 campaign for the Senate in Illinois |
| Confederate Generals | Leaders of the CSA army during the Civil War |
| Abolitionists | People that wanted to stop slavery |
| Jefferson Davis | Person that was the president of the Confederate States of American in 1861 |
| Prison Reform | A movement to improve the conditions of jails and help the people there |
| Temperance Reform | A movement to stop the use of alcohol |
| Union Generals | Leaders of the US army during the Civil War |
| Emancipation Proclamation | A law passed in 1863 that free all the slaves in the rebelling southern states |
| Economies of North & South | In the North people made their living in industry & in the South they made their living in agriculture |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | An army regiment that was made up of all black men during the Civil War |
| Abraham Lincoln | Person that won the election of 1860 and was president of the US during the Civil War |
| Amendments 13, 14, 15 | Changes in the US Constitution that outlawed slavery, gave everyone borne in the US citizenship and gave the black man the right to vote |
| Impeachment of Andrew Johnson | The trial of President Johnson to try to get him out of office after the Civil War |
| Confederate States of America | Name given to the group of southern states that seceded from the US in 1861 |
| Underground Railroad | Name of the organization that helped slaves escape to the North before the Civil War |
| Women’s Rights | A movement to help women get the right to vote |
| “Bleeding Kansas” | Nickname given to Kansas in the 1850s because of all the fighting over whether it would be a free or slave state |
| Union Victories | Battles won by the North during the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | The battle during the Civil War that is called the turning point in the war. |
| Robert E. Lee | The man that was the Commander of the Confederate army during the Civil War |
| Anaconda Plan | The steps used by the North to win the Civil War. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | The person that was the Commander of the Union forces during the 2nd half of the Civil War |
| Confederate Victories | Battles won by the South during the Civil War |
