Civil War Vocabulary

1. People who wanted to stay in the Union and work out differences over slavery

• a. Abolitionist

• b. Confederate

• c. Unionist

• d. Agriculturalist

2. People in the South who supported slavery/wanted to break away from the U.S.

• a. Abolitionist

• b. Confederate

• c. Unionist

• d. Agriculturalist

3. People who wanted to abolish/remove slavery

• a. Abolitionist

• b. Confederate

• c. Unionist

• d. Agriculturalist

4. Formally withdraw/leave from an area 

• a. Blockade

• b. Secede

• c. War strategies

• d. Sectionalism

5. Technique the Union used to block goods from entering the Southern states

• a. Blockade

• b. Secede

• c. War strategies

• d. Sectionalism

6. Differences in goals/interests in different parts of the country 

• a. Blockade

• b. Secede

• c. War strategies

• d. Sectionalism

7. Generating  money using agriculture

• a. Trade

• b. Tariff

• c. Agricultural Economy

• d. Industrial Economy

8. Taxes placed on imported goods

• a. Trade

• b. Tariff

• c. Agricultural Economy

• d. Industrial Economy

9. Generating  money using manufacturing and factories

• a. Trade

• b. Tariff

• c. Agricultural Economy

• d. Industrial Economy

10. Principle of government in which the power lies with the people

• Popular Sovereignty

• Branches of Government

• Bill of Rights

• States Rights