Category A
In the 1850's, ____was a major part of the economy.
Manufacturing.
In the SOUTH, unpaid ____ were used to work the cotton and tobacco plantations.
Slaves.
What does unconstitutional mean?
Wrong, bad, or immoral.
After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, seven Southern states did what?
Seceded.
Why would pioneers want to settle near a river?
What is the name for the large farms in the South that often grew cotton, tobacco, or rice?
Plantation.
The greatest number of slaves lived in the ____.
South.
What four economic strengths did the North have compared to the South?
Larger population, more resources, more railroads, and farms that produced food.
The Southern states formed the ____States of America.
Confederate.
Why would pioneers want to buy flat land with rich soil?
To grow crops and let their animals graze.
Name the group of people captured in Africa and made to work without pay in the colonies.
Americans were divided on their viewpoints about slavery. This caused tension which led to what war?
The Civil War.
Northern factories were important because the provided weapons for what war?
Civil.
Name the system that abolitionists used to help slaves escape to freedom.
The Underground Railroad.
What did pioneers use sod for?
To build homes made of sod.
An ____ servant came to the colonies to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of their ocean passage.
Indentured.
Abraham Lincoln.
What is another name for an enslaved African American?
Slave.
Name the types of buildings where good are manufactured.
Factories.
What is timber? And what is Timberland?
Timber means trees, and Timberland refers to land with trees on it.
In the North, immigrants often worked in ____.
Factories.
UNconstitutional.
What does the word abolitionist mean?
Someone who wanted to end slavery.
Why would pioneers look for evergreen forests before choosing where to build a town?
How often were slaves paid?
NEVER. EVER. (ever)