Towards a Civil War
What caused growing tensions between the North and South?
Slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
letting the people of a state vote on whether to allow slavery?
What does it mean to secede?
What is to formally withdraw from the Union?
The name of the North
What is the Union
Describe the daily life of soldiers during the Civil War.
Filled with boredom, disease, and lots of travel. Not a great time
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
to keep the balance between free states and slave states?
What was Bleeding Kansas?
violent conflict in Kansas caused by the debate if slavery should be allowed or not
He was a president on Union's side
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The name of the South
What is the Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
What did the Battle of Bull Run prove for both sides, and who won?
The battle proved that the war would not be easy; neither side was in for an "easy" victory. The South won
What was the Dred Scott case?
Where an enslaved man sued for his freedom because he was living in a free state (Illinois)
What did the Dred Scott case rule?
Slaves were considered property and NOT citizens
What were Border States, and why were they important?
slave states that stayed in the Union and were vital for the North because of their resources and geographical location
What was the Anaconda Plan, and which side used it?
North- a plan to slowly cut off all resources to the south, like a snake?
Who won the Civil War?
The North (Union)
Why did the South depend on slavery’s expansion into new territories?
because without expansion, their economy would suffer?
What was the Underground Railroad, and who was its most famous leader?
A system of communication routes and symbols led by Harriet Tubman to help slaves escape to the North
What belief did Southern states use to justify seceding from the Union?
states’ rights
By holding out as long as possible. Playing the waiting game
Who surrendered at Appomattox Court House in 1865?
General Lee
Why did political compromises fail to solve the slavery issue?
because they only deepened the divide between North and South?
How did Bleeding Kansas foreshadow the Civil War?
It showed that slavery debates would lead to violent conflict.
How did the South’s population react to the start of the war?
mixed reactions — some wanted to fight, others wanted to stay in the Union
North- Yankees
South- Rebels
What two words did Mr. T use that were used to describe how the Civil War ended between the North and the South?
"Dignity and compassion"