Causes
This law required American citizens to return escaped slaves to their owners
Fugitive Slave Act
Climate in the south made it ideal for this cash crop
Cotton
This man became the 16th president of the United States
Lincoln
What was the first state to Secede from the Union AND what was the direct cause
South Carolina after the election of 1860
This system of safehouses helped lead slaves to freedom
Underground Railroad
This set up the Mason Dixon line and also allowed two other states to enter the union, one free state and one slave state
Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820)
In 1850 this state entered the nation as a FREE state
California
This former slave helped hundreds of people escape slavery in the south
Harriet Tubman
This supreme court case states slaves were property and nullified the Missouri Compromise
Dred Scott Case
This was the name for the drive to end slavery
Abolition Movement
This was when an abolitionist from the north tried to incite a slave revolt in Virginia. Seen as a major cause of the Civil War
John Browns Raid
These two territories were the first places where states would vote on whether they would be free or slave. This led to violence in those territories
Kansas and Nebraska
This former slave started an abolitionist newspaper in Rochester, New York titled the "North Star"
Fredrick Douglas
The vocabulary word for an intense feeling of pride in your area of the country
Sectionalism
This invention contributed to the growth of slavery in the south
Cotton Gin
Soldiers from South Carolina captured this fort in Charleston Harbor to start the American Civil War
Ft. Sumter
These border states chose to remain with the Union
Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri
She was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Explain how geography contributed to the growth of slavery in the south
The hot and humid climate in the south was great for cash crops which led to plantations. Slaves were used as labor on the plantations
Southern states claim this was the reason for their war against the North
States Rights
This was the name for the idea that states would vote on whether they wanted slavery or not
Popular Sovereignty
Name the 11 states in the CSA
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Texas
This colonel led the Army against John Brown. He would eventually become the commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Explain how Manifest Destiny related to the causes of the Civil War
westward expansion gave the USA new states which led to a discussion on the expansion of slavery
This was the law that Abraham Lincoln used as past precedent for how to respond to South Carolina
Force Act