Civil War Causes
Define Abolitionist
Person against slavery
What did the South depend upon in the early to mid 1800s?
Cotton
Define Secede
To withdraw / to remove from
Who became President in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What is important to know about John Brown's beliefs?
He was an abolitionist
Describe the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Required Northerners to return runaway slaves.
Why was Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, important?
Harriet's novel demonstrated the evils of slavery, which made Northerner's more passionate against slavery, while angering Southerners, as they believe the novel exaggerated how bad slavery was.
Define Popular Sovereignty
People rule / People vote
Describe Bleeding Kansas.
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 stated that peoples' votes in the territory would determine whether or not the states would be free or slave states, abolitionists and pro-slavery people clashed and over 200 people were killed.
Define Civil War
War within a nation
How did Southerners react to the Election of 1860?
Southern states began to secede.
What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do to keep the balance of slave states and free states?
Made Missouri a slave state and added Maine as a free state
Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 fail?
Because the people in the territories could not agree with the voting results, and there was violence between abolitionists and people pro-slavery
Why did Abraham Lincoln not send troops and weapons to Fort Sumter before the Confederates attacked?
He wanted to avoid war at all costs
Explain the key economic difference between the North and South
North relied on manufacturing and factories; South relied on farming.
What was the issue the US Supreme Court had to answer in the Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) Supreme Court Case?
Whether or not Dred Scott had the right to remain as a freedmen because he had escaped the South
What event started the Civil War?
Confederates attacked Union Troops at Fort Sumter April 1861
What was the Underground Railroad?
secret escape routes used by slaves to escape to the North
List 8 Causes to the Civil War
1) Missouri Compromise 2) Compromise of 1850 3) Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 4) Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 5) Uncle Tom's Cabin 6) Dred Scott v. Sanford 7) John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia 8) Balance of slave states and free states 9) Election of 1860 10) Southern States Seceding 11) Fort Sumter 12) Cotton Kingdom 12) Underground Railroad 13) Social Reform Movements 14) Cotton Kingdom
How did cotton in the South increase the value of slavery being allowed?
Slave Owners made huge profits off of selling cotton, and they did not have to worry about paying slaves because they were property. Having to pay slaves would have decreased their profits.
What was the decision made in the Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) Supreme Court Case?
Whether or not Dred Scott was a citizen
What was the long-term impact of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
Everybody learned who Lincoln was!
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
To balance the number of free states and slave states to prevent a civil war
Explain 2 causes to the Civil War
States Rights and Slavery
Why did Abolitionists praise John Brown after his trial? Why were Southerners angry about Abolitionists praising John Brown?
Because he expressed much dignity, didn't point fingers, and stuck true to his values of being against the evilness of slavery
Because they viewed Brown as a traitor against the nation.