| A | B |
|---|
| cotton gin | This invention by Eli Whitney removed the seeds from teh cotton fibers much faster than workers could |
| trends | patterns |
| slave codes | laws that shaped the day to day lives of enslaved people |
| overseers | people hired to watch the slaves as they worked and to whip them if they fel behind |
| Spirituals | religious songs based on Bible stories |
| resist | to act against |
| Underground Railroad | a system of escape routes for slaves leading to free land |
| free state | a state that did not allow slavery |
| slave state | a state that allowed slavery |
| Confederacy | the seven states that seceded from the Union to become the Confederate States of America |
| the North | This area of the country had an economy based on factories and industry |
| the South | this area of the country had an economy based on agriculture |
| Jackson | This general was given the nickname Stonewall because of his bravery at the Battle of Bull Run |
| Harriet Tubman | She helped runaway slaves escape on the Underground Railroad |
| Henry Clay | He persuaded Congress to agree ot the Missouri Compromise |
| The Compromise of 1850 | This required people to return runaway slaves to the South |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | This act caused fighting in Kansas between people for and against slavery |
| Dred Scott | The Supreme Court ruled that he was property and should not be given his freedom |
| Jefferson Davis | He was the president of the Confederacy |
