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Another term for the Confederate Soldiers
Rebels
Another term for Union Soldiers
A violent opponent to slavery
John Brown
People who opposed immigration during the 1830's and 1840's
Nativists
Refusal to give in
Resistance
The ability to read or write
literacy
Unfair treatment of a specific group is called
discrimination
The basic strategy of the South during the Civil War
Defensive War
The main topic at the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Slavery
The Fugitive Slave Act led to an increased
opposition to slavery
The leadership of these two men was a key factor in the Confederates' military success in the east.
Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Wrote the Dred Scott decision
Roger B. Taney
By 1840 the average workday for factory workers was __________ hours.
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The increase of the ________________________ was one of the consequences of the cotton gin.
Domestic Slave Trade
A group of workers with the same skill
Wrote "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau
Who believed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory.
John C. Calhoun
Convinced officials to let women work as nurses and recruited many women to serve as nurses in the Civil War.
Dorothea Dix
Long workdays and dangerous conditions caused what?
On-the-job accidents.
The Battle of ______________ resulted in the single deadliest day of the Civil War.
Antietam
Sectionalism is a term for an exaggerated loyalty to a particular part of the country. How did sectionalism lead to the Civil War?
The North was industrial and the South agricultural. Slavery was far more prevalent in the South than in the North. Southerners and Northerners became more attached to the views common in their regions and the loyalty to their regions led to conflict.
What were three reasons for the South's low literacy rate?
The South had few people.
Many families could not send their children great distances to attend school.
Many Southerners believed education was a private matter.
In the South, what was the relationship between increase cotton production and the increased number of enslaved African Americans?
Southern farmers and plantation owners wanted to produce more cotton. Having more slaves allowed more cotton to be grown. The slave trade became a big business as the demand for cotton continued to grow.
Why was the border state of Maryland vital to the Union?
Maryland was close to Richmond, the Confederate Capital.
Washington D.C. was bordered by Maryland.
Why was President Lincoln reluctant at first to emancipate enslaved African Americans? Why did he decide to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was reluctant because he didn't want to lose the border states. They asked to make the war about slavery. They said it was morally wrong and that it was the root of the division between the North and South. They also said that if they made the war about slavery, Britain and France would not support the South.