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vocabulary words civil war Flashcards

(25 cards)

1
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Free Soilers

A

Northerners who opposed slavery in the territories

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Skirmish

A

A minor battle in War

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3
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Annexed

A

Join or attach

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4
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Manifest Destiny

A

obvious or underniable fate

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5
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Lone Star Republic

A

The Republic of Texas

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6
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Antebellum

A

A term meaning “before war”

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North Star

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Newspaper created by Frederick Douglass that showed the truth behind slavery

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8
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American Spirit

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The American Spirit kept the country together and that spirit personified by Andrew Jackson

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9
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Sectionalism

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A strong loyalty to a particular region of the country

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Yankee

A

nickname for people from the north

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Spoil System

A

Andrew Jackson began to give jobs to people who were in his democratic part

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Trail of tears

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Forced Indians off their land and moved the population west

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New Outlook

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Revolutionary ideas changing the view in New England

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14
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Abolitionist

A

A person who wanted to eliminate slavery

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Fertile lands

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Land or soil that is fertile to support the growth of a large number of plants (cotton)

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The Alamo

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mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution

17
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Fugitive Slave law

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under the law, runaway slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury

18
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Militia

A

An army of citizens used during emergencies

19
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Confederacy

A

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

20
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Compromise of 1850

A

package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War

21
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Slavery

A

Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else

22
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Missouri Compromise

A

A series of agreements passed by Congress to maintain balance of power between slave and free slave states

23
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secede

A

to leave or withdraw

24
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Casualties

A

people that are wounded or killed

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Civil war
War between the North and the South