Civil War Lesson 1 Antebellum

Civil War Lesson 1 Antebellum

Lesson Objective:  Students will examine different political, social, and economic causes of the Civil War. (slavery, states’ rights, and sectionalism)

Vocabulary

• political

• social economic

• slavery

• enslaved person (instead of slave)

• sectionalism

• civil war

• secede

Vocabulary cont.

• secession

• free state

• slave state

• enslaver (instead of slave owner or master)

political

po·lit·i·cal

adjective

relating to the government or the public affairs of a country

"a period of political and economic stability"

social economic

so·ci·o·ec·o·nom·ic

adjective

adjective: socio-economic

relating to or concerned with the interaction of social and economic factors

"socioeconomic change"

slavery

slav·er·y

noun

the state of being a slave

"thousands had been sold into slavery"

enslaved person

(instead of slave)

An enslaved person is a human being who is made to be a slave

This language is often used instead of the word slave, to refer to the person and their experiences and to avoid the use of dehumanizing language.

Multiple Choice

Which word is an adjective relating to the government or the public affairs of a country?

• political

• social economic

• slavery

• enslaved person

sectionalism

sec·tion·al·ism

noun

an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole

"the rise of democracy, capitalism, and sectionalism"

civil war

civ·il war

noun

a war between citizens of the same country

"they signed a peace accord ending the country's 12-year civil war"

secede

se·cede

verb

withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization

"the kingdom of Belgium seceded from the Netherlands in 1830"

secession

se·ces·sion

noun

the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state

"the republics want secession from the union"

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word is a noun meaning an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole?

• sectionalism

• civil war

• secede

• secession

free state

Free State

noun

a state of the US in which slavery was illegal before the Civil War

slave state

Slave State

noun

any of the southern states of the US in which slavery was legal before the Civil War

enslaver

(instead of slave owner or master)

verb (used with object)

en·slaved, en·slav·ing

to make a slave of; hold (someone) in slavery

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word identifies a state of the US in which slavery was illegal before the Civil War?

• slave state

• free state

• enslaver

Think about the roles different people seem to have.