Causes
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
What was Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on slavery
He did not want it to spread.
Who was the president of the confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who was Dred Scott? What was he hoping to accomplish and why?
A slave that was living in a free state when his owner passed away. He wanted to become a free man and took it to Supreme Court. He was not given his freedom.
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who argued against the tariff?
John C. Calhoun
What happened in 1854, when congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska act?
"Bleeding Kansas'" killed many people died fighting for their beliefs.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists.
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
Who did Lincoln run against during the election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
Who led an attack against slavery, in Virginia that killed more than 50 people.
Nat Turner
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
What leader helped to get the Missouri Compromise in place.
Henry Clay
After the attack in Harpers Ferry, we gained land which in now known as?
West Virginia
Name the four border states?
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri