Civil War Causes
What was one major reason for the Civil War?
Slavery
Rights being taken away
The election of Lincoln
What was John Brown responsible for that led to the Civil War?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry
Define Secede
To leave or withdraw
The former slave who sued for freedom in the Supreme Court after moving to the north.
Dred Scott
What happened as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
The US doubled in size
Describe the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Required Northerners to return runaway slaves
What role did the Southern States play in the start of the Civil War?
Southern states seceded because they believed the federal government was interfering with their rights to own slaves
Define Popular Sovereignty
Before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting whether slavery would be allowed there
The Republican nominee for president for the 1860 election? This person won the election.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Underground Railroad?
A series of safe routes, houses, and individuals who helped enslaved people try to escape
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers in the new areas to determine what?
Whether it would be a slave or free state - based on popular sovereignty
Describe the 3/5ths compromise
3/5ths of the slave population was counted for purposes of taxes and members of the House of Representatives for each state
Define Abolitionist
The immediate ending of slavery
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How did the northern states and southern states differ on how they viewed the issue of slavery?
North was against slavery - Moral Issue
South was for slavery - Economic Issue
What was the result of the Compromise of 1850?
California was entered as a free state and the rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into Mexico and Utah where Popular Sovereignty was used
Why was the invention of the cotton gin considered a cause of the Civil War?
It allowed seeds to be removed 50 times faster from cotton which led to the expansion of slavery
Define Treason
The crime of betraying your own country by trying to overthrow its government or helping its enemies
Who was John Brown?
A leading abolitionist during the period leading up to the Civil War. He was eventually arrested, tried, and executed for his actions during the Harper's Ferry Raid.
How was Uncle Tom's Cabin a cause of the Civil War?
Painted the practice of slavery in a terrible way. Increased the tension between abolitionists and pro slavery.
Why is Bleeding Kansas considered a cause of the Civil War?
First form of political violence over the issue of Slavery
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To balance the number of free states and slave states to prevent a civil war
Define Sectionalism
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than the country as a whole
Who created the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen A. Douglas
Which act made Maine a free state?
Missouri Compromise