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Flashcards by Michael Sessions, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Sessions
about 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| The name taken by the Southern states when they tried to break away from the Union and form their own nation | Confederacy |
| The term Southerners used for white workers who worked in factories under capitalism | Wage Slaves |
| An economic system based upon private ownership of business and encourages individuals to make money for personal profit. | Capitalism |
| A person who wants to end the practice of slavery | Abolitionists |
| As America expanded West politicians fought over whether slavery should be banned in the new territories – The compromise was a victory for slave holders | Clay Compromise |
| Democrats were supporters of agriculture; especially plantations and they were supporters of slavery. Lots of southerners were democrats | Democrats |
| Supporters of modern capitalist businesses and smaller scale landowning. Lots of Northerners were Republicans | Republicans |
| Pro-slavery Supreme Court ruling that said, Congress had not right to ban slavery. | Dred Scott |
| Slaves liberated by the Union Army, who often worked for the Union army | Contrabands |
| A group of men within an army | regiment |
| The executive order issued by President Lincoln on January 1st 1863 that freed all slaves living in the USA. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| A change to the original constitution of America | Amendment |
| Someone who tackles a problem by its roots rather than attempting minor changes. Thadius Stevens and Charles Sumner were radical Republicans | Radicals |
| People from the south who foolishly sympathised with Radicals | Scallawags |
| People who moved in from the North to make quick money by buying up plantation land and selling it on for a profit | Carpetbagger |
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