a Latin term for “before the war"

a tax to be paid on certain imports or exports

the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery there

the forced removal of thousands of (mostly) Cherokee from the East to lands past the Mississippi River based on the Indian Removal Act; almost 4,000 died

known as ‘fire-eaters,’ they believed SC should secede from the Union, with or without other Southern states

people who it was best for SC to stay in the United States, mostly from the upcountry and typically did not own slaves

believed that secession was a good idea, only if other states joined SC

The expansion of the United States westward by the claiming of territories, and the movement of settlers westward to those territories across North America.

Economic system based on having enslaved labor used for the production of cash crops

Slogan used before the American Civil War to describe the economic and political importance of cotton production in the South.

System of government where the power is divided/shared between the State Governments, Federal Government and the citizens of the United States.

The supreme power or authority.

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Unit 5 Vocabulary

Question	Answer
Antebellum	a Latin term for “before the war"
Emancipate	to set free
Tariff	a tax to be paid on certain imports or exports
Popular sovereignty	the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery there
Nullify	to make legally null and void
Trail of Tears	the forced removal of thousands of (mostly) Cherokee from the East to lands past the Mississippi River based on the Indian Removal Act; almost 4,000 died
transcontinental	crossing a continent
secessionists	known as ‘fire-eaters,’ they believed SC should secede from the Union, with or without other Southern states
unionists	people who it was best for SC to stay in the United States, mostly from the upcountry and typically did not own slaves
cooperationists	believed that secession was a good idea, only if other states joined SC
Westward Expansion	The expansion of the United States westward by the claiming of territories, and the movement of settlers westward to those territories across North America.
Plantation System	Economic system based on having enslaved labor used for the production of cash crops
King Cotton	Slogan used before the American Civil War to describe the economic and political importance of cotton production in the South.
Federalism	System of government where the power is divided/shared between the State Governments, Federal Government and the citizens of the United States.
Sovereignty	The supreme power or authority.

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