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TEXAS HISTORYTEXAS HISTORY

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Slavery and SecessionSlavery and Secession

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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

US law that allowed new territories to decide allow slavery or not

You can You can choose!choose!

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Fugitive Slave ActFugitive Slave ActUS law that required citizens to help capture slaves who had run away from their owners

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abolitionistsabolitionists

A person who wants to abolish, or get rid of, slavery

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slaveryslavery

Ownership of another person as property

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states’ rightsstates’ rightsSupport of the state’s right to decide certain issues for themselves (slavery, secession)

I get to I get to decide!decide!

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tarifftariffSynonyms: tax, dutyAn amount of money added to

imported or exported goods

1 dollar per 1 dollar per pound plus tax!pound plus tax!

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secedesecedewithdraw

I don’t want to I don’t want to be a part of be a part of the United the United

States States anymore!anymore!

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secessionsecessionTo secede

I am not a part I am not a part of the United of the United

States States anymore!anymore!

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cash cropcash crop

crop grown to sell

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textiletextilecloth items

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Slavery and SuccessionSlavery and SuccessionThe 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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Shining Star CShining Star C• Pg 48-54 Vocabulary preview, Lincoln

and Civil War• Pg 136-142 Underground Railroad• Pg 208 Cotton and Cattle paragraph

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