55thth Grade Civil War Grade Civil War Study Guide Study Guide

55thth Grade Civil War Grade Civil War Study Guide Study Guide

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Fugitive

A person that runs away from the law.

What is a tariff?

Tariff is a tax charged by a government on imported goods. (Goods brought into a country)

What is discrimination?

Discrimination is a treatment of people based on a class or category

rather than individual merit.

Underground Railroad

This was a secret system that helped runaway slaves escape to Canada or

the free states.

Abolitionists

These people printed antislavery newspapers and spoke against slavery to try

and end slavery.

Free States

A state that did not have slavery.

Slave States

A state in which slavery is allowed.

Popular Sovereignty

Authority carried out by the people at large.

When the people of a state or territory get to make decisions for

themselves and the FEDERAL government does not.

Union

Another name for the United States.

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Cash Crop

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An agricultural crop grown to sale for a profit.

Slavery

SlaveryThe owning of people by other

people; bondage.

Economics

Economics• The study of how goods and

services are produced and distributed.

Sectionalism

Sectionalism• An intense, sometimes excessive,

regard for local interests or concerns.

• Northern vs. Southern

interests interests

Antebellum

AntebellumIn or of the period prior to a war,

esp. the American Civil War.

States’ rights

States’ Rights• In the United States, all rights and

powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor

denied by it to the states.

Immigration

Immigration• The act of coming to live in a

new country.

Urban

Urban• of or having to do with a city or

town.