North vs. South
Compare the geography of the North and South.
North: 4 seasons, thick forests, soil is okay for farming in some areas but not year round
South: Mild winters and long summers, fertile plains
Enslaved people were legally considered....
property
The _________ parallel line was created as part of the Missouri Compromise. Anything _______ of the line, excluding Missouri, would not allow slavery.
36 30'; north
Which Southern state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
Compare the main form of transportation in the North and South.
North: Railroads
South: by boat
Who was Denmark Vesey?
a free Black man and community leader in Charleston, South Carolina, who was accused and convicted of planning a major slave revolt in 1822
What were 2 ways African Americans expressed African cultural traditions?
Art, music, stories & folk tales
True or False: The Kansas-Nebraska Act required that the two new territories would be slave states.
False-- it let the people choose and resulted in an outbreak of violence in Kansas.
What was the "spark" that started the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter
Describe the economy of the South.
Plantations, cash crops, slavery
What did free African Americans living in both the North and South have in common?
They were not treated equally.
How did the “invisible church” benefit people who were enslaved?
It provided a means for people who were enslaved to comfort each other.
True or False: The Missouri Compromise upset the balance of free and slave states.
False-- it made them equal and temporarily ended the debate over slavery.
The publication of ___________ led to many people realizing the horrors of slavery.
Uncle Toms Cabin
What group of people had most of the power in the South?
Wealthy plantation owners
Why did Southerners who did not own enslaved people support slavery?
Their economy depended on it
How did Southern states respond to rebellions of people who were enslaved?
They passed stricter laws of people who were enslaved
What was added to the Compromise of 1850 to appease the South?
The Fugitive Slave Law
What made Lincoln "famous" prior to running for President?
Running against Stephen Douglas in the Illinois Senate in 1858
Describe the economy of the North.
Industrial Revolution, factories, machine-made goods, skilled workers and craftsmen
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?
African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
Describe the Underground Railroad.
people who secretly helped enslaved people escape to the North by hiding them in homes and moving them in secret
The Kansas-Nebraska act nullified the Missouri Compromise by allowing _______ in any new (Northern OR Southern) territories.
slavery; Northern
When did Lincoln give his "house divided" speech?
When he was nominated for the Senate