Transcript Slavery & Secession

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Slavery and Secession
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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
US law that allowed new
territories to decide allow
slavery or not
You can
choose!
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Fugitive Slave Act
US law that required citizens to
help capture slaves who had run
away from their owners
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abolitionists
A person who wants to abolish, or get
rid of, slavery
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slavery
Ownership of another
person as property
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states’ rights
Support of the state’s right to decide
certain issues for themselves (slavery,
secession)
I get to
decide!
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tariff
Synonyms: tax, duty
An amount of money added to
imported or exported goods
1 dollar per
pound plus tax!
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secede
withdraw
I don’t want to
be a part of the
United States
anymore!
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secession
To secede
I am not a part
of the United
States
anymore!
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cash crop
crop grown to sell
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textile
cloth items
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Slavery and Succession
The 13 colonies that made up the original United States
developed differently due to political differences and geographic
differences. The northern states became centers for business while
the southern states developed large farms called plantations.
The South’s economy was based on cash crops and textiles
grown on plantations that used slavery. The North and South
disagreed about slavery. Many Northerners were abolitionists who
supported a tariff that would hurt the South. The United States
continued to expand westward. The idea of manifest destiny clashed
with slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed new territories to
decide for themselves about slavery. But, the Fugitive Slave Act
was passed that required slaves be returned to their owners.
The states argued with the US government about states’
right to secede from the country. Many Southern states, including
Texas voted for succession. Then, the seceded states became
known as the Confederate States of America and they fought against
the United States in the Civil War.
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• Pg 208 Cotton and Cattle paragraph
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