Basics
This term means the time period before the Civil War.
Antebellum
This region relied more on factories and wage labor.
The North
The secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Underground Railroad
The formal act of leaving the United States.
Secession
“The state has the right to leave a government that no longer protects its interests.” – Southern leader
What idea is being defended?
States' Rights
A system where people are forced to work without pay and are owned by others.
Slavery
This region relied heavily on agriculture and enslaved labor.
The South
Actions taken to refuse or fight against unfair laws or control.
Resistance
This part of the Compromise of 1850 angered many Northerners.
Fugitive Slave Act
“I have never lost a passenger.” – Harriet Tubman
What is Harriet Tubman referring to?
Underground railroad
A person who worked to end slavery.
Abolitionist
The Northern states that remained part of the United States during the Civil War.
The Union
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers.
Fugitive Slave Act
The idea that settlers should vote on whether slavery would be allowed.
Popular Sovereignty
These two sisters from South Carolina became outspoken abolitionists.
Sarah and Angelina Grimké
Grimké sisters
A plant grown mainly to be sold for money, like cotton or tobacco.
Cash Crop
The group of Southern states that broke away to form their own government.
The Confederacy
A movement that worked to end slavery.
Abolition
The first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
“Kansas will decide for itself whether slavery shall exist within its borders.”
What concept does this quote describe?
Popular Sovereignty
When people feel more loyal to their region than to the whole country.
Sectionalism
An idea supported by many Southern leaders that states should make their own laws.
States Rights
Someone who supported the abolition of Slavery
Abolitionist
Which crop increased the South’s reliance on enslaved labor?
Cotton
Violent clashes in Kansas over slavery became known as this.
Bleeding Kansas