Civil War Vocabulary

Secede

• stay within the Union

• leave the Union

• travel around the country

• Northern states wanted to do this

Sectionalism

• loyalty to one section of the country

• loyalty to the whole country

• slicing pizza into pieces

• George Washington warned the U.S. to divide the country into sections

Blockade

• sealing off an area to prevent goods and people from leaving an area

• opening an area to let people and goods into an area

• a party on your street

• a flavor of Kool Aid

Popular Sovereignty

• the people rule

• the government rules

• the king rules

• there are no rules

Agrarian economy

• agricultural/ farming

• manufacturing

casualties

• people who are killed

• destroyed buildings

• people who are born

Confederacy

• North

• South

• East

• West

The Union

• South

• North

• East

• West

Artillary

• weapons

• supplies for art class

• a spice

• a sport

States' rights

• powers held by the United States

• powers given to the United States

• powers given by the king

• people can do what ever they want to do in their states