Differences Between the North and South
This side had a greater population
What is the North
In the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as this type of state
What is a free state
This Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens
What is the Dred Scott Decision
This abolitionist led a raid on a U.S. arsenal in Harpers Ferry Virginia
Who is John Brown
The first battle of the Civil War was in this state
What is South Carolina
This side did not support tariffs because it had to import many goods
What is the South
In the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as this type of state
What is a slave state
This Act said that the people would decide on slavery themselves by voting
What is Kansas-Nebraska
This ex-slave led a rebellion in Virginia in 1830
Who is Nat Turner
This side demanded control of the fort be surrendered
What is the South
This side had more factories and railroads
What is the North
In the Missouri Compromise territory north of this parallel would not be allowed to have slavery
What is the 36'30
The Kanasas-Nebraska Act repealed this compromise
What is the Missouri
This anti-slavery political part became the Republican Party after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
What is the Free Soil Party
The Confederates attacked the fort on this date
What is April 12, 1861
The South depended on this type of labor
What is slave labor
This compromise would keep a balance of free and slave states for representation in Congress
What is the Missouri
The Dred Scott Decision ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in this region
What is the West
This group used a network of routes to help escaped slaves
What is the Underground Railroad
States that had slavery but did not secede from the Union
What are the border states
The South's wealth came from plantation cash crops like these
What are tobacco and cotton
This compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act making helping an escaped slave illegal
What is the Compromise of 1850
According to this act, popular sovereignty would be used to decide on slavery
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Laws against teaching free blacks to read and write or travel in groups were passed after this incident
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion
This compromise failed to prevent states from seceding because Lincoln did not want slavery in the South to be protected or to be allowed to expand to western territories
What is the Crittenden Conpromise