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What cash crop created a huge demand for more slaves in the 1800s?
Cotton
What were large farms where crops were grown and harvested by slaves called?
Plantations
A state in the US where slavery was allowed was called what?
Slave state
An American who wanted to end slavery in the United States was called what? (You have to pronounce it right!)
Abolitionist
Secret network of trail, river crossings, and hiding places which helped people escape slavery was known as what?
Underground Railroad
What was signed stating that Missouri would be allowed to enter the US as a slave state and Maine to enter the US as a free state?
Missouri Compromise
Who was the famous slave that escaped to the North and gave speeches about his life as a slave?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the well known conductor of the Underground Railroad that helped over 300 slaves escape safely to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
What are laws called that were created to control a slave's behavior?
Clara Barton
The agency created by President Lincoln that helped newly freed African Americans start new lives was called what?
Freedmen's Bureau
What were the TWO main causes of the Civil War?
Tariffs and Slavery
The United States three part plan for beating the South was called what?
Anaconda Plan
What do we called the speech President Lincoln gave after the Battle of Gettysburg honoring the fallen soldiers and their cause?
Gettysburg Address
Which amendment made slavery illegal throughout the US and its territories?
13th Amendment
Define the word Secede
To break away or withdraw from a nation or organization
Who did Abraham Lincoln run against and beat in the presidential election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Which amendment granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States, except women and Native Americans?
14th Amendment
Define segregation.
The separation of black and white people in public places.
What do we called the period of time right after the Civil War when the Confederate States were rebuilt and eventually allowed back into the Union?
Reconstruction
Where did General Robert E Lee surrender to General Ulysses S Grant, ending the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
What do we call the document issues by Abraham Lincoln that stated as of January 1, 2863, all slaves would be freed?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which amendment ensured all citizens had the right to vote regardless of "race, color or previous servitude?"
15th Amendment
Define discrimination.
The unfair treatment of people based on their differences.
Name the fort AND state where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina