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Historical Vocabulary: Civil War & Slavery

This vocabulary quiz is dedicated to Beverly and covers key terms related to the Civil War and slavery in the United States. Learn about important figures, events, and concepts from this turbulent time in American history.

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Historical Vocabulary: Civil War & Slavery

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  1. Vocabulary #11 WRITE THE WORD, DEFINITION AND SENTENCE USING THE WORD. EACH FRIDAY, WE WILL HAVE A VOCABULARY QUIZ.

  2. LIBERATED dedicated to Beverly • Freed • When the Civil War ended the slaves in the South were liberated from their owners.

  3. Abolitionist • A person who wanted slavery to be outlawed • John Brownwas a famous abolitionist.

  4. compromise • An agreement in which both sides give up some of what they want to get something else they want • Our government and our country were formed by all sides making compromises to reach agreements

  5. Cotton gin • A machine that was used to clean the seeds out of cotton much more quickly • Cotton became a huge cash crop in the south after the Cotton Gin made it feasible to grow cotton commercially.

  6. Slave codes • Laws that were made to keep the slaves under the control of white slave owners. • Under the slave codes in the South prior to the Civil War, it was illegal to teach a slave to read and write.

  7. fugitive • A person who is wanted; runaway slaves. • One problem in the U.S. in the early to mid-1800s was that fugitive slave laws were often ignored in the North.

  8. Popular sovereignty • A term to indicate that citizens of a territory should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they would allow slavery in their territory/state. • Popular sovereignty was popular with citizens who owned slaves as it would make it possible for slavery to expand beyond the areas where it was already allowed.

  9. Arsenal • A storage place for weapons • John Brown’s Raid was an attack on a federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.

  10. Border ruffian • Pro-slavery people who came to Kansas to vote in favor of slavery and influence the outcome of popular sovereignty there. • Border ruffians were troublemakers who moved to Kansas and tried to intimidate abolitionists.

  11. martyr • A person who dies for a great cause. • The execution of John Brown for his raid on Harper’s Ferry made him a martyr to abolitionists.

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