Vocabulary
This is the unequal treatment of people
Discrimination
He gave a speech called the Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
In 1800, how many enslaved people lived in New Jersey
More than 12,000
How many soldiers did Lincoln call for to prepare for a three month fight?
75,000
What did the battles destroy?
Southern cities, factories, farms and railroads
These are large farms growing one type of crop
Plantations
He is the most famous abolitionist of all
Frederick Douglass
What year did New Jersey pass a law that would free all children born into slavery when they became adults?
1804
Other than slavery, what conflict did the North and South have?
Economy
What was passed in 1865 that made slavery illegal?
13th Amendment
This means to break away from
Secede
She helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
What was the system of helping slaves called?
The underground railroad
What did the states that seceded form?
What was the goal of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To help African American find jobs
This is a farmer who gives part of his or her crop to a landlord as payment for using the land
Sharecropper
She started the American Red Cross, an important aid organization
Clara Barton
What were the southern states weather perfect for growing?
Tobacco and cotton
When did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
What year did Reconstruction end?
1877
This is the separation of people based on race
Segregation
He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
Joseph Rainey
What was the first antislavery group called?
The Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant
What does the 14th Amendment state?
That any person born in the United States is a citizen