BY: BRAYDEN, TAYLOR, CADENCE, AND LINDSEY

ABC BOOK OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION

SLAVERY

A is For

ABOLITIONISTS-Americans who wanted to end slavery

B is for

The Battle of Bull Run-The first major battle of the Civil War on July 21,1861

CIVIL WAR-IS A WAR AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SAME COUNTRY

C is for

D IS FOR

DRAFT-IS A SELECTION OF MEN WHO MUST SERVE IN THE MILITARY

E IS FOR Emancipation Proclamation- is

a document that stated on January 1,1863, all enslaved people in the confederacy were not emancipated or freed

FREDERICK DOUGLASS-WAS BORN INTO SALAVERY,SPOKE AGAINST SLAVERY,AND ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY

F IS FOR

G IS FORGETTYSBURG ADDRESS-IS KNOWN

AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SPEECHES IN AMERICAN HISTORY

H IS FORHARRIET TUBMAN-WAS A UNION

SPY,CONDUCTOR,AND NURSE

I IS FORIndustry- IS ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT

MAKES ONE KIND OF PRODUCT OR PROVIDE ONE KIND OF SERVICE

J IS FORJim Crow Laws-Laws that made

segregation legal in the South

KU KLUX KLAN-DISGUISED IN WHITE ROBES AND HOODS, THEY TERRORIZED AFRICAN AMERICANS,DRIVING THEM FROM THEIR HOMES, AND DESTROYING THEIR PROPERTY

K is for

ABRAHAM LINCOLN-HE WAS THE 16TH

PRESIDENT. JOHN WILKES BOOTH HAD SHOT THE PRESIDENT. THE NEXT MORNING, APRIL 15,1865 ,LINCOLN DIED. ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION SHOCKED THE NATION.

L is for

MISSOURI COMPROMISE-UNDER THIS PLAN, MISSOURI WAS ADMITTED AS A SLAVE STATE

M is for

NURSE-SOME WOMEN TOOK DANGEROUS JOBS AS SPIES OR NURSES NEAR THE FRONT LINES

N IS FOR

O IS FOROccupations-This subject is used

whenever reference is made to free people of color, including apprentices, who are engaged in a specific occupation or business. Also includes references to free people of color who own or run a business.

P IS FORANACONDA PLAN-THIS PLAN

WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE SOUTH TO GET THE SUPPLIES THEY NEEDED TO FIGHT IN THE WAR

Q IS FORQuadroom-A person born of one White

and one Mulatto parent. There are multiple spellings of this word, among which quartroon and quatroon, both of which are a derivative of the French equivalent quarteron (for a male) of quarteronne (for a female)

ROSE GREENHOW-SERVED AS A CONFEDERATE SPY. SHE ALSO TRAVELED TO EUROPE TO GAIN FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

R is for

S IS FOR Harriet Beecher Stowe-Wrote Uncle

Tom’s Cabin her novel described a cruel slaveholder’s treatment of enslaved people

TARIFFS-A SPECIAL TAX ON GOODS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES

T is for

U is for Ulysses S. Grant-defeated Confederate forces

at Vicksburg on the Mississippi River.

V is for The Fall Of Vicksburg-General Ulysses S.

Grant achieved this goal in July 1863, when Union troops took control of Vicksburg, Mississippi it also split the confederacy in two

W IS FOR

TOTAL WAR- EACH SIDE STRIKES AGAINST THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND CIVILIANS OF THE OTHER

ECONOMIC

X is for Xanthorrhiza-a medicine used in the

civil war

Y is forYankee A Northerner; someone loyal

to the Federal government of the United States. Also, Union, Federal, or Northern

Z IS FORZouave: (pronounced zoo-ahv or zwahv) A zouave regiment was characterized by its soldiers' bright, colorful uniforms which usually included baggy trousers, a vest, and a fez in different combinations of red, white, and blue. American zouave units were found in both Union and Confederate armies. They were modeled after French African troops who were known for their bravery and marksmanship.