Civil War Vocabulary

congressional compromise

• a disagreement of political parties

• the making of the two branches of government

• an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side coming to a concession

• Presidential agreement

Cultivation

• to prepare the land for crops

• to come to an agreement

• The culture of a region

• an industrial term for manufacturing

When did the Civil War happen?

• 1871-2875

• 1861-1865

• 1990-1995

• 1862-1866

What is an Abolitionists?

• People who volunteered to fight in the Civil War

• People who lived in California

• People who were against slavery

• People who were for slavery

What is a Cash Crop?

• Crop grown to make money

• Crop grown to lose money

• Crop grown to be the tallest

• Crop grown to end slavery

What is the Confederacy?

• The states that joined the U.S. during the Civil War

• The border states

• The states that succeeded from the U.S. during the Civil War

• The blue states

What is Manufacturing?

• The making of goods in factories (mass productions)

• The making of goods in a grocery store

• A man that factors goods

• Making things by hand

What is the Union?

• The states that succeeded from the U.S. during the Civil War

• The red states

• The states that remained in the U.S. during the Civil War

• The Southern states

What is a Tariff?

• Exported Goods

• A Tax

• Imported Goods

• A turning point in the Civil War

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• Rule by the government

• Rule by the people

• It means you are popular

• It means you have to follow the rules