Civil War Causes
The first state to secede from the United States.
South Carolina
What two major events was John Brown responsible for that led to the Civil War?
The Pottawatomie Massacre and the Raid on Harpers Ferry.
Define Secede
To withdraw / to remove from
When did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th, 1776.
Which teacher is a huge roller coaster fan?
Mr. Brohm
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 on whether or not slavery would be allowed in a territory.
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America, and what did he really believe about slavery?
Jefferson Davis
He did not like slavery, but the state of South Carolina wanted him as president, and he represented their needs.
Mrs. Greenberg's favorite NBA team?
Knicks
How did Southerners react to the Election of 1860?
They were upset and feared Abraham Lincoln would try to ban slavery in the South, so many states seceded from the Union
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
Define the Confederate States of America.
Southern states that seceded from the Union so that they could have slavery.
Why did the Southern states secede from America?
The Constitution allowed slavery, and the North made laws to oppose it, which were against the Constitution.
Failure to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law
South didn’t agree with Lincoln as president because he opposed slavery
Which of your teachers is adopted?
Ms. Fellman
Why was the South mad about the Compromise of 1850?
The North received more power in Congress because California was added as a free state.
What was the Underground Railroad?
secret escape routes used by slaves to escape to the North
Define Civil War.
A war between people of the same country.
What was the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Saratoga.
Likes to go to ComicCon.
Mrs. Masella
What was the decision made in the Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) Supreme Court Case?
That Dred Scott was property, not a citizen. Therefore, he had not right to a fair trial. Also, that it was unconstitutional for states to ban 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 the Union.
Northern states that did not secede from America during the Civil War.
Explain what the people of Missouri did when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed.
People in Missouri crossed the border into Kansas and Nebraska to vote in an election with the hope that they could sway the election in the slave states favor.
Has a son named Drew.
Mrs. Elwertowski