vocabulary words civil war Flashcards
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Free Soilers
Northerners who opposed slavery in the territories
Skirmish
A minor battle in War
Annexed
Join or attach
Manifest Destiny
obvious or underniable fate
Lone Star Republic
The Republic of Texas
Antebellum
A term meaning “before war”
North Star
Newspaper created by Frederick Douglass that showed the truth behind slavery
American Spirit
The American Spirit kept the country together and that spirit personified by Andrew Jackson
Sectionalism
A strong loyalty to a particular region of the country
Yankee
nickname for people from the north
Spoil System
Andrew Jackson began to give jobs to people who were in his democratic part
Trail of tears
Forced Indians off their land and moved the population west
New Outlook
Revolutionary ideas changing the view in New England
Abolitionist
A person who wanted to eliminate slavery
Fertile lands
Land or soil that is fertile to support the growth of a large number of plants (cotton)
The Alamo
mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution
Fugitive Slave law
under the law, runaway slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury
Militia
An army of citizens used during emergencies
Confederacy
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Compromise of 1850
package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War
Slavery
Condition of being owned by, and forced to work for someone else
Missouri Compromise
A series of agreements passed by Congress to maintain balance of power between slave and free slave states
secede
to leave or withdraw
Casualties
people that are wounded or killed
