Long Term Causes of the Civil War
Which long term cause of the civil war means to be loyal to a particular geographic area over the country as a whole.
Sectionalism
This event is known as the start of the Civil War.
Shots fired at Fort Sumter
Which side's advantage consisted of gifted military commanders and fighting a defensive war?
The South
Which doctrine written by Stephen A Douglas was created as a workaround to the Dred Scott Decision, which proposed that local law can be used to ban slavery despite what federal law said.
Freeport Doctrine
Why was the battle of Vicksburg significant?
The Union conquered the Mississippi River Valley, essentially splitting the Confederacy into 2
This Long Term Cause was the driving force in the South's economy?
Slavery
What was the name of the newly formed country that seceded from the Union?
The Confederate States of America
The name of the most famous/important general in the South?
Robert E. Lee
Which compromise added California to the Union as a free state and at the same time introduced the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850
What was the name of the military strategy used to capture all southern ports and split the Mississippi river into 2?
Anaconda Plan
Each time this Long Term Cause was enacted or changed, it changed the outcomes of former negotiations, leading to an increase in tensions leading up to the Civil War.
Breakdown of Compromises
Fort Sumter was located in which Southern State?
South Carolina
The North
Which compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and banned slavery above the 30x36N Latitude line?
Which battle was known as the single bloodiest battle of the war, it was a huge defeat for the South, and because of it, the South never tried to invade the North again?
Gettysburg
Which Long Term cause of the Civil War involved the debate over slavery in the new territories?
Westward Expansion
Why was Lincoln's Election such an immediate cause of the Civil War?
He won the election with 39% of the popular vote, won 0 states in the South, and had opposite beliefs of the South.
The main and most important general in the North was named?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which Compromise ruled that African Americans are not considered citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the states?
Dred Scott Decision
Which document proclaimed all slaves located in the states that were rebelling would be freed?
Emancipation Proclamation
Key figures of this Long Term cause of the Civil War include Fredrick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.
Abolitionism
What Short Term cause of the Civil War refers to when 11 Southern states broke off from the Union and formed their own independent country?
Southern Secession
Why was it an advantage to fight a defensive war?
Easier to convince a populace to fight
the north would have to conquer a large territory
Easier to dig in and defend
The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act added a new key concept involving individual's and state's rights and their right to decide outcomes themselves called:
Popular Sovereignty
Which famous author and abolitionist wrote the book: Uncle Tom's Cabin, which brought world-wide attention to the horrors of slavery and family separation?
Harriet Beecher Stowe