Confederate States - southern states, South Carolina - 1st state to secede from the Union, Dred Scott decision - The Supreme Court decision which stated "once a slave, always a slave", Bleeding Kansas - refers to the bloody battle over slavery, abolitionists - they wanted to abolish slavery, cash crops - the economy of the south, he invented the cotton gin - Eli Whitney, Railroads and roads - transportation of the north, 1861 - the first year of Abraham Lincoln's presidency, 1865 - the year the Civil War ended, Jefferson Davis - The Confederate president, Factories were located here - north, Fort Sumter is located in - South Carolina, The start of the Civil War - the south firing on Fort Sumter, SC, a compromise - coming to an agreement for two sides, Grace Bedell - wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln at the age of 11, the Dixie - the south, the Yankees - the north, This created CA as a free state - the Compromise of 1850, he said a house divided cannot stand - Abraham Lincoln,

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