Civil War Vocabulary

Civil War Vocabulary

6th - 8th Grade

15 Qs

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Civil War Vocabulary

Civil War Vocabulary

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History

6th - 8th Grade

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John Portala

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Term referring to the United States during the 1800’s. Also another word for the North in the Civil War.

Union

Confederacy

South

Grey

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This refers to the Southern states that left the Union during the Civil War. All together there were 11 states: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia

Confederacy

Union

North

United States

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Leaving a group formally. This refers to the Southern states who left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.

Secession

Conscription

Slave Code

Fugitive Slave Act

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Part of the Compromise of 1850; allowed slave owners to pursue and capture escaped slaves into the North

Fugitive Slave Act

Slave Code

Conscription

Union

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Set of rules in the South that claimed slaves were property, not citizens.

Slave Codes

Fugitive Slave Act

Conscription

Confederacy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Someone who opposed and fought against slavery. Famous abolitionists include Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Abolitionist

Conscription

Slave Codes

Union

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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System of bringing slaves to America. Usually consisted of a “triangle”: enslaved Africans were brought to American in exchange for manufactured goods, then were sold for raw materials like sugar and coffee, and that was then exchanged for manufactured goods.

Atlantic Slave Trade

Slave Codes

Fugitive Slave Acts

Abolitionist

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