Economic Differences
How did the North's superior industrial base, railroads, and technological advancements make them better equipped for a long war compared to the agrarian South?
What is being better equipped for war due to immense manufacturing capacity.
Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading dozens of slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman
How did states' rights differ in the North versus the South regarding the fugitive slave laws?
Southern states argued for strong federal power to force Northerners to return runaway slaves, arguing that property rights superseded state autonomy. Conversely, many Northern states used the concept of states' rights to justify passing "Personal Liberty Laws" that allowed them to ignore the federal fugitive slave acts.
When was Missouri compromised passed?
What is 1820
Who was the radical abolitionist that led a massacre of Pottawatomie Creek?
Who is John Brown
How did the lack of industrialization in the South prevent them from effectively capitalizing their agricultural wealth during the war?
What is the South's reliance on an agarian, slave-based economy meant the lacked the factory to convert their agricultural wealth into war materials.
Which issue was the primary cause of the Southern State's secession and the resulting Civil War?
What is the extension of slavery
What is secession, and why did states decide to do it?
what is: secession is the proper way for a state to withdrawal from the union. states took this decision to protect slavery from perceived threats.
Who proposed the Missouri compromise?
Who is Henry Clay
Did Kansas enter the union of a free or slave state?
What is free
How did the South view federal tariffs as a form of economic exploitation by the industrial North?
What is viewed as a form of economic tribute that forced them to pay higher prices for goods.
Which 1861 event is considered the opening engagement of the Civil War?
What is The Battle of Fort Sumter
What did Southern states believed a state could do if it disagreed with a federal law?
What is Southern states believe in the doctrine of nullification,which claimed a state could declare a federal law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it. They viewed the union as a voluntary compact of sovereign states that could, if necessary,take legal steps to invalidate federal actions deemed harmful to their interests
What Latitude separated free and slave areas?
What is 36°30
Which 1854 act replaced Missouri Compromise to allow slavery in Kansas?
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
How did Southerners justify secession as a necessary step to protect their economic investment in enslaved labor?
What is southerners justified secession by arguing that a Republican-led federal government posed an existential threat to the institution of slavery.
What was the major impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Standford?
What is denied citizenship to African Americans
How did the issue of slavery factor into the argument for "states rights"?
what is: ''States rights" was basically a justification for slavery which at the time was seen as necessary for economic growth and territorial expansion. southerners argued that they had the right to maintain slavery within their borders, only objecting when the federal government failed to support slave owners.
What was the main goal of the Missouri Compromise?
What is to balance free and slave states
What city was attacked and burned by pro-slavery supports in 1856?
What is Lawrence
In what ways did the Morrill Tariff of 1861, which benefited Northern manufacturers, push Southern states toward secession?
What is this action confirmed Southern fears that the federal government would use its power to favor the Northern economy, strengthening their resolve to secede and create a new nation with a low-tariff policy and protection for slavery.
What major victory in July 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
What is The Siege of Vicksburg
what specific right did southern states feel was being threatened by the federal government?
what is: southern states believed that the government was threatening their right to own and to transport slaves westward.
Which two states were admitted to keep balance?
What is Maine and Missouri
What is the nickname for antislavery settlers in Kansas?
What is Free Soilers