Causes
Slavery
pre civil war causes
War Geography
100
What year was the Missouri Compromise?
1821
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100

Missouri compromise of 1820

the imaginary line that said slavery is ok

100

the north had industrialization and cities:

true or false

true

200

what was slavery

to own a person

200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200

fugitive slave law

runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners

200

industrialization in the north was

many factories and machines, cotton was made in factories
300

what is sectionalism

to be loyal to your section rather than the whole country

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

fugitive slave act was good or bad for slave owners

good

300

cities in the north meant...

people were closer together and they interact with all groups of people and it is fast paced

400

What were the three reasons that caused the civil war

Slavery, sectionalism and states rights

400
What was the date of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Jan. 1st, 1863
400

abolitionists

someone who fights to end or abolish slaveryThe Emancipation Proclamation

400

the south had agriculture and it was rural:

true or false?

true

500

what were states' rights

states feel their laws should be supreme versus the federal government

500
The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
500

when did the civil war start and end?

1861-1865

500

what does it mean to be rural?

 what is agriculture?

rural: people live far apart and interact less and it is slower paced.

agriculture: to grow crops 

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