Causes of the Civil War I
the name eleven southern states called themselves
What is the Confederacy or the Confederate States of America?
This book about the harsh, cruel life of a slave sparked outrage in the North and led many people to support the anti-slavery cause.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
A state that did not permit slavery
What is a free state?
Slave who sued for his freedom; his case went all the way up to the Supreme court.
Who is Dredd Scott?
This organization helped slaves escape to the North or Canada. It was run by a secret network of abolitionists.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Invention that sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves in the South
What is the Cotton Gin?
What are border ruffians?
Republican nominee for president in 1860. Was not on the ballot in 11 southern states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln won this election which pushed the South toward secession.
What was the Election of 1860?
This region of the United States had manufacturing, businesses, factories, banking, and railroads.
What is the North?
Term for Americans who were against the practice of slavery and wanted to get rid of it.
Who are abolitionists?
War between two groups of the same nation.
What is Civil War?
This was an abolitionist leader who led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Who was John Brown?
Nicknamed the Union
United States of America
Which 2 states decided the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty? (voting)
What are Kansas and Nebraska?
a tax on imported goods that was good for the north and not good for the south
What is a tariff?
When part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country
What is secession/secede?
The first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This compromise admitted California as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to vote on the slavery issue, and enacted tougher fugitive slave laws.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This region of the United States had smaller towns, more agriculture, and an economy based on slaves.
What is the South?
The idea that states can vote for themselves when deciding to permit slavery?
What is popular sovreignty?
Rivalry based on the special interests of certain areas
What is sectionalism?
Wrote an anti-slavery book that made more people support the abolitionists. (Not a dude)
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?