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Civil War Causes
U1 Causes of the Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mass Production | The efficient production of large numbers of identical goods. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | This is a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | This was a series of debates between the Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas during the 1858 US Senate campaign in Illinois. |
| Cotton Boom | A period in the South when cotton production spread |
| sectionalism | This is the devotion to the interest of one geographic region over the interests of the entire country. |
| John Brown's Raid | This was an incident in which abolitionist John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry Virginia |
| Steam Power | Engines that are powered by steam that are mostly used in trains and boats |
| American Civil War | This war, also known as the War of Northern Aggression, was between the Union and the Confederate forces. 1861-1865 |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | This law allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery. |
| Pottawatomie Massacre | An incident in which John Brown and seven other men murdered pro-slavery people in Kansas |
| Transportation Revolution | This is the rapid growth in the speed and convenience of transportation. |
| Radical | This is someone who is willing to go to extreme measures to accomplish political goals. |
| Telegraph | This is a machine perfected by Samuel E D Morse to send messages across long distances. |
| cotton gin | This machine was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 to remove seeds from short-staple cotton. It revolutionized the cotton industry. |
| Abraham Lincoln | This man was our sixteenth president. He was president during the Civil War. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | This person was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Moderate | This is someone who holds an average, or middle view. Not extreme. |
| Confederate States of America | This was the country created when the South seceded from the Union. |
| popular sovereignty | This is the idea that political authority belongs to the people. |
| Compromise of 1850 | This was a proposed agreement that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into two territories where slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty |
| civil war | This is a war between two groups living within the same border. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | This was an anti-slavery novel written to show the northerners the violent reality of slavery |
| Textiles | Cloth items |
| cotton belt | The region stretching from South Carolina to east Texas where most US Cotton was produced. |
| Jefferson Davis | This man was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America. |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | This Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, free or not, were not citizens. |
| Election of 1860 | Election when Lincoln became president - South secedes from the Union |
| Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise) | A deal proposed by Henry Clay that made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. It kept the balance of power. |
| John Brown | A radical abolitionist who led the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre and the raid on Harper's Ferry in VA. |
| Harriet Tubman | An escape slave who became notable for helping other slaves escape along the Underground Railroad. |
| Frederick Douglass | A famous escaped slave who became a well-known abolitionist. |
| Charles Sumner | A senator from MA, he was attacked with a cane over the issue of slavery. |
| Stephen Douglass | He was a politician who supported slavery and helped pass the Kansas Nebraska Act |
| Republican Party | A political party started by Lincoln that lead to the end of slavery |
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