Civil War Vocab. and North/South Comparison

What region was known for its fertile soil and long growing season?

• Union (North)

• Confederacy (South)

• Canada

• Appalachian Mountains

What region was known for its agricultural based economy?

• Union (North)

• Confederacy (South)

• Unorganized Territory

• Oregon Country

Select all (3) that are TRUE about the NORTH.

• Mild Winters

• Manufacturing Based economy

• Rocky infertil land

• People lived in the big cities to work in factories.

Select all (3) that are TRUE about the SOUTH.

• Agricultural Based Economy

• People lived in small town and farms

• 1/3 of the population were slaves

• People lived in big cities to work in factories

A woven cloth or fabric is called a ____.

• Secede

• Industry

• Cotton

• Textile

Economic activity concerned with manufacturing goods

• Industry

• Secede

• Sectionalism

• Confederacy

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

• Secede

• Union

• Confederacy

• Advocate

Having an interest in the region one is from over the country as a whole.

• Sectionalism

• Manufacture

• Agrarian

• State's Rights

The idea that the power of a state or government is created and sustained by the people for the people.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Agrarian

• Advocate

• Manufacture

State's Rights -

• to publicly support a cause or people

• to make something on a large scale

• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government

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