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Civil War Vocab
Civil war vocab -Kay's mom
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Border states | slave states that did not leave (secede) the Union |
| Free states | states that did NOT allow slavery |
| Confederacy | the government of the Southern states that left the Union |
| Union | another word for the United States of America commonly used before the beginning of the Civil War |
| secession | the act of leaving a nation by breaking away and creating a new government |
| slavery | the holding people against their will; treating these people and property to be bought and sold |
| abolitionist | those people who believed that slavery should ne abolished |
| arsenal | a building that stores military weapons |
| blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
| states' rights | believing in the rights of states to make their own decisions regardless of what the federal government wants. |
| Fugitive Slave Law 1850 | Required citizens to catch runaway slaves |
| Fugitive Slave Law 1850 | If a person did not comply, they could be fined up to $1000 or put in jailed. |
| Fugitive Slave Law 1850 | Many slaves were captured and sent back to slavery. |
| Fugitive Slave Law 1850 | Northerners hated this law because it forced them to become part of the slavery system. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 | Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 | Told the evils of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 | Many Northerners changed their view of slavery after reading this book. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 | This book was banned in the south. Southerners said it was full of lies. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 | Divides lands into Kansas and Nebraska territories. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 | Decided that slavery issue would be decided by popular sovereignty. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 | Led to violence in the Senate |
| Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 | Pro-slavery and Anti-slavery settlers in one area and this leads to conflict! |
| Kansas Nebraska Act 1854 | Northerners believe this repeals the Missouri Compromise. |
| cash crop | crops that are grown and sold for money: cotton and tobacco |
| specialization | producing the goods and services that are native to a particular part of the country example: the rocky coast of Massachusetts is known for its fishing industry. |
| casualty | a person killed or injured in war. |
| total war | the belief of total destruction of land, property, and livestock- used by Ulysses S. Grant as he marched through Atlanta to Savannah. |
| Mason- Dixon Line | the imaginary boundary line between the North and South which is the southern border of Pennsylvania and the northern border of Virginia |
| Yankee | a slang term from the North |
| popular sovereignty | Political belief that allowed the settlers of U.S. federal territories to decide whether to enter the Union as free or slave states |
| Republican Party | formed in 1854 as a new political party- Abe Lincoln ran as Presidential candidate for this party. |
| compromise | an agreement or a settlement of an argument that is reached by each side giving up something. |
| fugitive | a person who has escaped or is in hiding. |
| sectionalism | the belief that one section of the country is better that another section |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods (goods purchased from another country) |
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