Civil War Vocabulary

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compromise

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two or more groups settle a dispute by agreeing to portions of what each group wants

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What was the Surrender at Appomattox Court House?

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the location of the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Northern Virginia Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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a 1854 bill that mandated “popular sovereignty”–allowing settlers of Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new states' borders

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Secede

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withdraw (leave) formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political organization

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What was the Compromise of 1850?

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an agreement that allowed California into the union as a free state, divided the rest of the Mexican cession into two territories, settled land claims between Texas and New Mexico, abolished slave trade in Washington, strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act

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Preserve

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to maintain an item, nation, or idea

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What was the Battle of Gettysburg?

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The turning point of the Civil War, where the Union army defeated the Confederate Army and stopped their northern invasion

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Who was Fredrick Douglass?

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an escaped slave who became a huge activist, author and public speaker fighting to end slavery

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Who was Jefferson Davis?

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an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865

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Who was Abraham Lincoln?

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the 16th president of the United States