Civil War Causes
These hurt the South's economy but helped the North's economy.
Tariffs
This novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the South for their involvement in slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
To pull away from or leave
Secede
The 7th state to secede from the Union...
Texas
How many states seceded from the Union?
11
Each region of the U.S. was only concerned with itself and not the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
The main cause of the Civil War...
Slavery
To cancel or get rid of something
Abolish
Something that the majority of Texans favored prior to the Civil War...
Secession or leaving the Union
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
The economy of the South was based on this...
Agriculture
The abolitionist who led a raid on a Federal Armory to help start a slave revolt.
John Brown
A tax on a good that is imported or exported to or from a country
Tariff
He was the governor of Texas when Texas seceded from the U.S & he stepped down as governor as a result.
Sam Houston
Slavery & State's rights
The president elected in 1860 that caused the south to leave the Union.
Abraham Lincoln
The name of the man who took his case to court to become a free man since had lived in a free territory.
Dred Scott
Interest in your own region rather than the country as a whole
Sectionalism
Texas joined the confederate states because its economy was based on...
Agriculture
Who would become the president of the U.S. before the Civil War upsetting southern states?
Abraham Lincoln
Southern states believed that they should be able to make their own decisions about slavery.
State's Rights
The name of the town in Virginia where an effort to lead a slave revolt occurred.
The power to make laws and decisions that directly affect a state.
State's Rights
Enslaved people made up this percentage of the population in Texas in 1860.
30%
The reason the south was upset about tariffs before the Civil War...
Tariffs made imports more expensive and the south imported many of their goods