1. Causes of The U.S. Civil War
Vocabulary

2. Industrial Using factories to mass produce products

3. Agriculture Working the soil to produce crops and raise livestock (farming and ranching)

4. Plantation Very large farm

5. State’s Rights Idea that states have the right to limit federal government power

6. Secede To withdraw or break away

7. Tariff A government tax

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Sectionalism Placing your loyalty to your state or section of the country first and the nation second