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| A war fought between the Northern and Southern States. |
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| to be required to serve in the military. |
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| To change something in hopes of making it better. |
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| Name of the Southern States that decided to break away from the United States to form the "Confederate States of America." |
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| The States (mostly northern) that remained in the United States after the confederates split off were known as..... |
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| A person who wanted to end slavery. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| An official order issued by President Abe Lincoln that promised freedom for enslaved people of the Confederacy. |
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| A network of secret routes used by escaping slaves. |
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| Where was the first women's rights convention in the U.S. held? |
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| Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? |
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| A New York woman who decided to work for reform and helped plan the women's rights convention in NY. |
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| What was the name of the document that the men and women created at the Women's rights convention? |
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| the "Women's Declaration of Independence" |
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| This woman was a teacher and a worker for women's rights. She was arrested for voting in an election before women had the right to vote. |
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| This woman was born into slavery on a New York farm. She escaped and worked to abolish slavery. |
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| This woman was born a slave in Maryland. She escaped but risked her life and her freedom to help many other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. She even acted as a spy for the Union during the Civil War! |
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| A man that escaped from slavery in Maryland and went on to make forceful speeches against slavery. |
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| The name of an iron warship built in New York |
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| The first State to secede from the United States. |
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| What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Ammendment to the U.S,. Constitution? |
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| It's the Ammendment that abolishes slavery everywhere inthe United States. |
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| List three ways NY supported the Union in the Civil War. |
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1. NY sent more soldiers than any other state to fight in the war.
2. NY factories built rifles and made uniforms for the unionist soldiers.
3. NY farmers grew food for the soldiers. |
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| What was one important result of the Civil War? |
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1. The United States did not permanently break apart.
2. The end of slavery in the U.S. |
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| Why did the election of President Lincoln worry the southern states? |
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| The southern states felt that Lincoln would try to end slavery. (They were right) |
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Put the following three events in the order they happened:
A. States seceded from the United States to form the "Confederate States of America"
B. Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
C. Confederate soldiers fired the first shot of the Civil War |
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Correct Order:
B-Lincoln elected President.
A-Southern States seceded
C-First Shots of Civil War fired
by confederates at Fort Sumter. |
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