Ch. 7 The Nation Divides

a person who is legally owned as property by another person

• army

• slave

• settler

• abolitionist

a large farm where crops are raised to be sold

• free state

• slave state

• plantation

• fort

state where people are allowed to own slaves

• slave state

• plantation

• free state

• underground railroad

to end or prohibit by law

• tax

• cooperate

• raid

• abolish

divides the nation along regional lines

• laws

• power

• trade

• sectional issue

state where people are not allowed to own slaves

• slave state

• free state

• Canada

• plantation

free state, paid labor, large cities, manufacturing

• The North

• The South

Slave labor, slave states, agricultural, plantations

• The Norht

• The South

the rights and powers are held by the state governments, not the federal government

• slavery

• sectional issue

• anti-slavery movement

• states' rights

they were against slavery and spoke out against it

• abolitionist

• fugitive

• army

• southerners