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Ohio Changes
Chapter 7--Ohio text
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History
4th Grade
03/18/2011

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Term
The Civil War
Definition

the war in the U.S. between

the north and the south

Term

The

Emancipation

Proclamation

Definition

an announcement made by

President Lincoln that

freed the slaves in 1863

Term
secede
Definition

to withdraw formally from

an organization such as a government

Term
abolitionist
Definition

a person who is

against slavery

Term

temperance

movement

Definition

the attempt

to end

drinking alcoholic beverages

Term

campaign

slogan

Definition

a saying

people running for office

use  to win votes

Term
amendment
Definition
an addition to the constitution
Term

Underground

Railroad

Definition

system of secret routes

used to help enslaved African Americans

to freedom

Term
fugitive
Definition

a person running from

danger or arrest

Term
Union
Definition

the government

of the north

during the Civil War

Term

The

Confederate

States of

America

Definition

the new country

formed by the south

during the Civil War

Term
suffrage
Definition
the right to vote
Term
Victoria Woodhull
Definition

first woman to run for

president of the U.S.

Term
Lucy Stone
Definition

famous leader

in the fight for women’s rights

in the mid 1800s

Term
Ulysses S. Grant
Definition

general in the Union army;

later became president

Term
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Definition
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Term
Abraham Lincoln
Definition

served as president

during The Civil War;

abolished slavery

Term
William Henry Harrison
Definition

hero of the

Battle of Tippecanoe

who became president—

seen as a man of the people

Term

the south wanted to have it

because it made farming more profitable,

but the north wanted to end it

because they had less need for it

Definition

why slavery became

a national issue

in the first half of the 1800’s

Term
three ways Ohioans helped fight the Civil War
Definition

provided soldiers and leaders,

made uniforms and tents,

provided lumber to build ships,

farms provided food,

made weapons and iron-clad ships,

provided oil to be used

in lamps and machines

Term
three things women fought for in the 1800’s
Definition

the right to vote,

the right to own property,

the right to make decisions

for her family,

to stop the drinking of alcohol

 

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