Unit 9-Civil war

Question 1

Secede

Answer 1

To leave

Question 2

Confederacy

Answer 2

was formed in 1861 by 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.

Question 3

Union

Answer 3

the states that remained loyal to it which were primarily the northern states.

Question 4

States rights

Answer 4

emphasizes the rights of individual states

Question 5

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

Answer 5

Federal laws passed in 1793 and 1850, required the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners, even if they were in free states

Question 6

What was the civil war?

Answer 6

a conflict between the United States (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the South), primarily fought over the issue of slavery and states’ rights.

Question 7

What does emancipation mean?

Answer 7

emancipation primarily refers to the abolition of slavery.

Question 8

What was the Freedman Bureau?

Answer 8

An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees