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8th grade chapter 7
study guide and vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Republican Party | Aristocrats, anti slavery, existed in free states. Created to be against slavery. formed in 1854 to oppose slavery |
| platform | beliefs, what a party stands for |
| secession | pulling out of the union |
| ordinance | a bill or local law |
| Confederate States of America | states that left the union, slavery, agriculture |
| loyalty | a person's devotion to something |
| Antebellum Period | The period just before the Civil War |
| Manifest Destiny | Concept that our country was destined to SPREAD from OCEAN to OCEAN |
| The Battle of San Jacinto | clinched the independence of TEXAS from MEXICO |
| What was the class structure of the North based upon? | Wealth |
| Slave Codes | Sets of laws that took away slaves rights |
| What was one source of conflict between the North and South based on TAXES>? | Tariffs |
| Which decision helped divide the North and South on the issue of slavery by ruling that a slave could not sue because he was not a citizen? | The Dred Scott Decsion |
| Abolitionists | Led political movement to eliminate (abolish) slavery |
| Missouri Compromise | maintained to balance of power in the US Senate between slave states and free states |
| Sectionalism | Belief of the citizens of a given region (section) or area that their interests are more important that beliefs of another area |
| What did the Kansas Nebraska Act contain that stated that citizens of the territory could vote on whether or not to allow slavery? | Popular Soverenigty |
| Who are the three Georgia politicians who led the state to secession? | Robert TOOMBS, Thomas COBB, and Governor BROWN |
| Democrats | supported states rights and slavery |
| Whigs | supported a moderate tariff and federal help for the state |
| What was the boundary between the United States and Mexico? | The Rio Grande River |
| What land did the United States gain from the Mexican American War? | California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Most of New Mexico, Parts of Wyoming and Colorado |
| States Rights | belief that the state's interest should take precedence over the interests of the national government |
| Name the 6 social Classes in the South | Planters - Farmers with slaves - Merchants and people with letters - yeoman Farmers and Poor Whites - Free Blacks - Slaves |
| Name Georgia's two primary crops during the antebellum period | Cotton and Tobacco |
| What is the underground railroad? | Responsible for helping thousands of slaves escape into freedom. |
| Name the two Georgians that were elected for office in the Confederacy | Robert TOOMBS Secretary of State Alexander Stevens Vice President |
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