6th grade - History - Chapter 10
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aidanberchek on February 9, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |
| cotton gin | removed the seeds quickly and increased the speed of harvesting |
| abolitionists | people who spend much time trying to outlaw slavery |
| Sojourner Truth | freed black woman from New York that went against slavery |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | author from Connecticut wrote a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Underground railroad | 1800's a system of escape routes connecting between Southern states and Canada |
| Harriet Tubman | escaped slave guided 300 slaves to freedom |
| compromise | decision that tries to make both sides happy |
| Missouri Compromise | No other state north of a boundary line could enter the Union as slave state |
| tariffs | taxes that were placed on states by federal government |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th president; enjoyed the bible, Pilgrams Progress, and George Washington biography |
| Stephen A. Douglas | democrat who wanted people to own slaves by passing a bill |
| Fort Sumter | first shot took place on April 12, 1861 |
| confederate army | wore gray, had only 11 states, |
| Union | wore blue, called the Yankees, had 22 states |
| Merrimack | old ship Union had sunk and covered it with iron plates. Distroyed two of the best ships; looked like upside down bathtub |
| Monitor | Union built this iron clad ship; looked like a cheese box on raft |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Announcement On January 1st, 1863 all slaves would considered free in any state |
| Frederick Douglass | Outspoken and active opponent of slavery, helped Lincoln recruit blacks |
| William Harvey Carney | Made the old flag never touch the ground |
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