Civil War Vocab North

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Making slavery illegal

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Abolition

Front

Union strategy: naval blockade of Confederacy.

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Anaconda Plan

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Cultural values of pre-Civil War Southern States

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Antebellum

Front

Government formed by Southern States that seceded during the Civil War

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Confederate States of America

Front

Legislative act declaring all slaves free

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Emancipation

Front

Forced authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Legal process to remove an elected official for serious crimes before term ends.

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Impeachment

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State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the South.

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Jim Crow

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Also known as the North, this refers to the USA after the split from the Southern States.

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Union

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Landowner allows tenant to use land for a share of crops.

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Sharecropping