Causes of Civil War

Large farms in the south

• Manor

• Homestead

• Plantation

• Hacienda

A farmer with a small amount of land

• Overseer

• Yeoman

• Rancher

• Yo man!

Person who managed slaves in the field

• Overseer

• Slave Driver

• Slave Master

• Big Boss

What did abolitionists want to get rid of?

• Taxes

• Immigrants

• The practice of slavery

• Popular sovereignty

What is a fugitive?

• Someone who commits a crime against their own country

• Someone who dies for their cause or beliefs

• Someone who breaks the law and escapes capture

• Someone who wants to end slavery

What is treason?

• Getting away with a crime

• A slave fighting back against his/her master

• Committing a crime against your own country

• Becoming a citizen of another country

What is a martyr?

• Someone who disagrees with the president

• Someone who wanted to spread slavery

• Someone who breaks the laws without consequence

• Someone who dies for a cause or belief

What does it mean to secede?

• When a state leaves the Union

• When a state votes against slavery

• When a state refuses to follow a federal law

• When a president is removed from office

What states entered the Union as a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri and Massachusetts

• Missouri and Mississippi

• Missouri and Montana

• Missouri and Maine

The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of what?

• Slaves to slave owners

• Free and slave states

• Justices on the Supreme Court

• Members in the House of Representatives