Question | Answer |
Manifest Destiny | 1800's theory that the US should control the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean |
Sectionalism | Different opinions on political, economic and social issues based on your geographic region (north, south, east, west) |
Agrarian | Society which is based on farming |
Plantation System | Southern idea where labor lives and works within the boundaries of a self sufficient community |
Republican Party | Formed during the 1850's as an anti-slavery party, Abe LIncoln was one |
Secession | Breaking away from a union like the south during the civil war |
Civil Liberties | Rights which are given to you as a human being |
Emancipation | Freeing a person or peoples from a bond |
Justification | Giving a reason for an action (South justified leaving the Union because Lincoln was president) |
Abolitionist | An individual in the early 1800s who wanted to end slavery |
Tension | Uneasiness between two parties (The North and South had this on the issue of slavery 1800's) |
Preserve | To keep in place or intact |
Domestic | Issues that are dealt with inside of a country |
Compromise | Have 2 sides to agree on a plan to settle a dispute |
Industrialization | To move your economy into making products in factories with modern technology |
Fugitive Slave Act | Law which required the return of any runaway slave captured in the North or South |
Dred Scott Decision | Stated that slaves were indeed property and had no rights anywhere in the USA |
Bleeding Kansas | Violence which broke out for 2 years in a border territory |
Harper's Ferry | Stash of weapons which John Brown attempted to raid to arm slaves |
North | Advantage of railroads |
Popular Sovereignty | Territories ability to vote if they would allow slavery in their territory or not |