Causes of The U.S. Civil War Vocabulary
Industrial Using factories to mass produce products
Agriculture Working the soil to produce crops and raise livestock (farming and ranching)
Plantation Very large farm
State’s Rights Idea that states have the right to limit federal government power
Secede To withdraw or break away
Tariff A government tax
Popular Sovereignty Belief that the authority, legality and legitimacy of the government is created by the will or consent of its people; popular vote or rule by the people.
Border States States that did not join the Confederacy Border States States that did not join the Confederacy. Allowed to keep slaves during the Civil War Delaware Maryland West Virginia Kentucky Missouri
Sectionalism Placing your loyalty to your state or section of the country first and the nation second