Social Groups
Wealthy political elites who owned large plantations and enslaved individuals.
Who are planters?
Economic system heavily reliant on this labor led to tensions between the North and South.
What is slavery?
The first state to secede from the Union in December 1860.
What is South Carolina?
This compromise in 1820 maintained a balance of power between free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This system replaced enslaved labor but kept many African Americans in poverty.
What is sharecropping
Small landowners who worked their land with few or no enslaved individuals.
Who are yeoman farmers?
South Carolina opposed this federal policy in 1832, leading to sectional tensions.
What is the Tariff of 1828/Nullification Crisis?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
What is Fort Sumter?
This crisis tested federal authority vs. states’ rights in South Carolina.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Name one impact of the Union blockade on South Carolina.
What is the destruction of trade infrastructure?
This group was the backbone of the economy but had no rights and endured harsh conditions.
Who are enslaved individuals?
This event allowed popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska but led to violence.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This battle demonstrated the bravery of African American soldiers.
What is the Battle of Fort Wagner?
This act overturned the Missouri Compromise and led to “Bleeding Kansas.”
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
After the war, this group emerged to resist changes during Reconstruction.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This group faced discrimination despite their freedom and often worked in trades.
Who are free African Americans?
This election led directly to the secession of Southern states.
What is the Election of 1860?
The Union blockade disrupted trade and supplies, heavily impacting this Southern economy.
What is South Carolina's economy?
This event admitted California as a free state but angered abolitionists with stricter enforcement.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Name the policy focused on rebuilding Southern states and reintegrating them into the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
Describe one economic role of planters.
(What is dominating trade and agriculture?
What was one major economic fear of the South during the Election of 1860?
What is anti-slavery policies damaging the economy?
Name a significant campaign that devastated South Carolina during the war.
What is Sherman’s March?
How did the Missouri Compromise delay the Civil War?
What is maintaining a balance between free and slave states?
Name one lasting effect of the Civil War on South Carolina's economy.
What is the destruction of its agricultural system?