Inventions
Eli Whitney's invention in 1793
What is the cotton gin
What did the Northern Economy rely on to function?
Manufacturing and Trade
This type of weather is ideal for growing cotton
Warm, hot, humid, or tropical.
This nickname described the violent conflict in Kansas over slavery in the 1850s.
Bleeding Kansas
What do you call someone who opposes slavery
An Abolitionist
This invention allowed factories to move away from streams and rivers
What is the steam engine
In the 1850s, cotton plantations stretched from South Carolina through Alabama and Mississippi to Texas. What was this area called?
The Cotton Kingdom
Farmers who raised their own food and made their own clothes
Yeoman Farmers
Brown only managed to recruit _________________ men to join his raid, even after three years of recruiting.
21
Who led a raid on Harper's Ferry to abolish slavery?
John Brown
This Civil War weapon let soldiers fire many shots without reloading each time.
The repeating rifle
Only 1,733 families owned more than 100 slaves each and were called the ______________ __________________
Planter Aristocracy
Boys growing up in the south often learned how to do this at a young age.
Hunt or shoot rifles
How many individual debates did Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas have?
Seven
This allowed Missouri to be a slave state and Maine a Free state
The Missouri Compromise
Which type of armored warships, first seen at the Battle of Hampton Roads, changed naval warfare during the Civil War?
Ironclads
What is a cash crop?
A crop produced for its value only
Who was the President of the Confederate South?
Jefferson Davis
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Pro-slavery men from Missouri who crossed into Kansas before elections to attack anti-slavery towns.
Border Ruffians
A type of hollow-based bullet designed by Claude-Étienne Minié for muzzle-loaded, rifled muskets.
The Minié Ball Bullet
How were Northern states connected to slavery even though it was outlawed there?
Northern Bank Loans and Northern Insurance Policies
What idea let settlers vote on whether to allow slavery in their territory? (Hint: Kansas-Nebraska Act)
Popular Sovereignty
Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland remained in the Union and were called ______________ ________
Border States
The Supreme Court deemed that this man was not a person but property so he could not sue for his freedom
Dred Scott