A war that happened between the North and the South.​

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​What was the Civil War?

The North and South had very different ways of living and it caused conflict.

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The North and South disagreed on slavery as well. ​

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​Why did the war start?

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Slavery is when a group of people are owned by someone else and are forced to do work for free.

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A slave is a person who is legally owned as property by another person.​

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​What is Slavery?

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These are people who wanted to abolish slavery.

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Abolish means to end or prohibit by law.

This means they wanted to make salvery illegal. ​

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​Abolitionist

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People who were a part of the Underground Railroad helped slaves escape the South. ​

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​How did slaves escape?

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A network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved peopl​e.

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​What is the Underground Railroad?

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The Fugitive Slave Act made it illegal to help slaves. If you were caught helping them you could be arrested.

This made it dangerous to be a part of the Underground Railroad. ​

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​Was it dangerous to help slaves?

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