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Missouri History
Chapter 4
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4th Grade
05/01/2013

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August 10, 1821
Definition
Missouri became our country's 24th state.
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Labor Union
Definition
a group of workers organized to get better working conditions
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Strike
Definition
a refusal to work until demands are met
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Civil War
Definition
a war fought between people of the same country
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industry
Definition
all of the businesses that make one kind of goods or provide one kind of service
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Dred Scott
Definition
an enslaved African American who went to court to argue that he should be free because he lived in a free state.
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The Kansas Border War
Definition
fought between people for and against slavery
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World's Fair
Definition
hosted by Missouri in St. Louis in 1904
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Things introduced at the St. Louis World's Fair
Definition
hot dogs, ice cream cones, iced tea, motion pictures, automobile, ferris wheel
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Cattle
Definition
shipped from Kansas City to Chicago
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Missouri was the first state to
abolish(end)_____________.
Definition
slavery
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Missouri Compromise
Definition
stated that Maine would join the Unino as a free state and Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state. Slavery would be forbidden north of an imaginary line across Missouri's southern border.
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When the Civil War broke out, Missouri decided to ___________
Definition
stay in the Union
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abolition
Definition
the end of slavery
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Missouri Idea
Definition
the idea that people elected to public office need to obey the laws like everyone else
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Wilson's Creek
Definition
the largest Civil War battle in Missouri
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Manufacturing
Definition
the making of large amounts of goods in factories
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Confederate States of America or Confederacy
Definition
the new country formed by the states that seceded (or left) the Union
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Railroads
Definition
the reason Missouri cities grew after the Civil War
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compromise
Definition
the settling of an argument by each side agreeing to give up part of its demands
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reform
Definition
to change for the better
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secede
Definition
to leave the Union
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