The Civil War Vocabulary

Define: census

• a population count (in the US, done every 10 years by the federal government)

• an agricultural crop that is grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer

• a legal process in which slavery is ended over time instead of all at once

• having limits or boundaries

Define: restricted

• a population count (in the US, done every 10 years by the federal government)

• an agricultural crop that is grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer

• a legal process in which slavery is ended over time instead of all at once

• having limits or boundaries

Define: gradual emancipation

• a population count (in the US, done every 10 years by the federal government)

• an agricultural crop that is grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer

• a legal process in which slavery is ended over time instead of all at once

• having limits or boundaries

Define: cash crop

• a population count (in the US, done every 10 years by the federal government)

• an agricultural plant that is grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer

• a legal process in which slavery is ended over time instead of all at once

• having limits or boundaries

Define: The Union

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• to withdraw from an organization, such as the United States

• Southern states who were pro-slavery

• Northern states who supported the government and were anti-slavery

Define: The Confederacy

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• to withdraw from an organization, such as the United States

• Southern states who were pro-slavery

• Northern states who supported the government and were anti-slavery

Define: secede

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• to withdraw from an organization, such as the United States

• Southern states who were pro-slavery

• Northern states who supported the government and were anti-slavery

Define: Fugitive Slave Laws

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• to withdraw from an organization, such as the United States

• Southern states who were pro-slavery

• Northern states who supported the government and were anti-slavery

Define: Free Soil Party

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• to withdraw from an organization, such as the United States

• political party opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States

• Northern states who supported the government and were anti-slavery

Define: popular sovereignty

• The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want

• political party opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories of the United States

• upheld slavery in United States territories