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Civil War Causes
Vocabulary Cards pg. 81
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cotton Gin | Machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that quickly removed seeds from the Cotton Fibers. |
| Compromise of 1850 | Compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act |
| Dred Scott Case - 1857 | Supreme Court Ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States. |
| Election of 1860 | Election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln's election southern states seceded from the Union. |
| Free States | States where slavery was not legal |
| Fugitive Slave Act 1850 | Act that required runaway slaves to be returned to their masters if caught anywhere in the United States |
| Georgia Platform | Position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians (Alexander Stephens) who supported the Compromise of 1850. |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States, Lincoln preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the freeing of the Slaves. |
| Missouri Compromise 1820 | Compromise that brought Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state; in addition, congress banned slavery north of the 36.30 line of latitude. |
| Nullification | The act of making legally null and void |
| Nullification Crisis | When South Carolina refused to enforce a federal tariff. Andrew Jackson threatened to invade if they didn't. |
| Tariff | A tax on imported and exported goods. |
| Secession | The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860-1861. |
| Slave State | State where slavery was legal. |
| Slavery | Involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the U.S from 1619-1865. |
| States' Rights | The belief that a state's sovereignty is more important than that of the national government. |
| Alexander Stephens | Important Georgia politician who was a U.S. Senator, Georgia Governor, and Vice-President of the Confederate States of America. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Said that the territories of Kansas and Nebraska could use popular sovereignty to decide if they were free or slave. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea of letting people vote to decide on an issue, particularly as it relates to whether a territory would be slave or free. |
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