Slavery | The condition in which people are owned by others and forced to work without pay.
Plantations | Large farms, especially in the South, where crops like cotton were grown using enslaved labor.
Northern economy | The economic system in the North based on manufacturing and small farms with paid workers.
Southern economy | The economic system in the South that depended on cotton plantations worked by enslaved African Americans.
Abolitionists | People who wanted to end slavery and believed it was morally wrong.
The North and South were divided mainly over slavery and economic differences.
The Southern economy depended on cotton plantations worked by enslaved African Americans.
The Northern economy was based on manufacturing and small farms with paid workers.
Neither side wanted the other's system to spread to new western states, leading to conflicts over whether slavery should be allowed in these territories.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created new territories where slavery was supposed to be forbidden, but it allowed residents to decide for themselves. This led to armed conflict in Kansas between supporters of slavery and abolitionists.
1. When was the Missouri Compromise enacted, addressing conflicts over Missouri's state admission and sectional balance?
2. What was a primary cause that led to the enactment of the Missouri Compromise?
3. Who is credited with proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Buildup to Civil War — main issue?
Slavery and economic differences divided North and South.
Missouri Compromise — purpose?
To balance free and slave states in Congress.
Kansas-Nebraska Act — key mechanism?
Popular sovereignty allowed residents to decide on slavery.
Confederacy vs Union — secession?
Southern states seceded to protect slavery and states' rights.
Major Civil War start?
Attack on Fort Sumter in 1861.
First major battle?
Battle of Bull Run, Confederate victory, 1861.
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