Slavery/CW Causes 1

Racism

The belief that one race is inferior to the other

Abolitionist

Someone who worked to end slavery

Rebellion and Insurrection

Uprisings or fights against a group in power

Persecution

Being treated badly because of who you are

Emancipation

Being freed

Sectionalism

Major differences between the North and South

Dehumanize

To think about, or portray people, as less than fully human

Western Expansion

A cause of the Civil War - As new states entered the U.S., they upset balance of slave and free

1 in 7

Percentage of Americans who were slaves in 1860

King Cotton

Main money-making crop in the South, dependent on slave labor

Agricultural

All about farming, describes South

Industrial

All about factories; describes North

Middle Passage

Slave journey from Africa to America

Years of the Civil War

1861-1865

Justify

To defend why what you are doing is right

4 million

number of enslaved people in the US before the Civil War

Passive Resistance

nonviolent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with rules, laws and requirements