Civil War Vocab I

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Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was added as a free state to keep the balance of power among the states.

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Missouri Compromise

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Made California a free state and gave the South the Fugitive Slave Act. This forced the North to help capture escaped slaves.

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Compromise of 1850

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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that shared ideas of the injustices of slavery.

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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This law was written to allow states to decide whether to allow or forbid slavery in their state.

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Kansas - Nebraska Act

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An event that finalized the start of the war. Abraham Lincoln became President of the U.S. and would have to resolve the conflict in the U.S.

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The Election of 1860

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-people who worked to bring an end to slavery.

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Abolitionists

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- an order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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- an association formed by people with a common interest or purpose, sometimes what we call the United States of America.

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Union

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- a conflict between groups or regions within a country.

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Civil War

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- a league or alliance, especially of Confederate states, the name given to the southern states that left the Union.

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Confederacy