CH 1 Civil War Flashcards US History Vocabulary

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Slave state

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A state that allows slavery.

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Free state

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A state that does NOT allow slavery.

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Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

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President Lincoln took this action after the Union won the Battle of Antietam.

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Missouri Compromise

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Under this plan Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. No state above the 36' 30' line could be slave states.

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Tariffs

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Special taxes on goods coming into the United States.

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Abolitionists

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Americans that want to abolish, or end slavery.

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Dred Scott v Sanford

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A legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a slave (Dred Scott) who had resided in a free state was not entitled to his freedom.

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Battle of Antietam

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The deadliest one-day battle in American military history, fought on September 17, 1862.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Violence broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery people in Kansas, leading to the nickname 'Bleeding Kansas.'

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Secede

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To withdraw from the Union.