Sectionalism
What is sectionalism? What were the different sections of the United States?
A person's loyalty to their specific geographic region. The North, South, and West
What was popular sovereignty? What did it do for Kansas and Nebraska?
People get to vote on the issue of slavery, this led to Bleeding Kansas
What were the 3 main causes of the war?
Sectionalism, Slavery, and States Rights
Who are abolitionists? Where did they live mostly?
People against slavery, they mostly lived in the North
Why did the South secede from the Union?
To protect slavery and states' rights
What does manufacturing mean?
Producing goods in factories
What decisions were reached in the Compromise of 1850?
California is a free state, Banned buying and selling of slaves in Washington D.C., Enforcement of the Fugative Slave Act, Utah and New Mexico get popular sovereignty
Who is Harriet Tubman and what was she famous for?
Conductor of the Underground Railroad
What were the strengths and weaknesses for the Union during the Civil War?
Industry and population- strength
Fighting on unfamiliar land- weakness
Why did people in the South want to keep and expand slavery?
To support their plantations (agricultural economy)
What invention dramatically increased the demand for cotton production in the South? What happened as a result?
The cotton gin; Expansion of slavery
What decisions were reached in the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Missouri is a slave state, Maine is a free state, no slavery is allowed above the 36 degree parallel in the Louisiana Purchase
What were the Consequences of the Civil War?
Union was preserved, slavery was ended, large loss of life, federal government was strengthened
How were African American soldiers treaded during the Civil War?
Why was the South afraid of losing slavery?
Their entire economy depended on slavery. They were afraid of losing power, money, and social status
What is the difference between Urban and Rural?
Urban= Cities Rural=countryside
Raid on Harper's Ferry (in Virginia), influenced by Bleeding Kansas
What was the Fugative Slave Act? What did Northerners and former slaves begin in response?
Law requiring escaped slaves to be returned to their owners. The North started the Underground Railroad as a response.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
Enslaved people in Confederate states were free
What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Confederacy during the war?
Military leadership and homefield- Strengths
Fewer factories and railroads= weakness
What was life like in each section of the United States?
North- people worked in factories, South- Plantation economy that depended on slavery, West- small independent farmers, did not rely on slavery
What was decided in the Dred Scott Decision?
1- Slaves were property not people and therefore did not have the right to due process.
2- Just because a slave was in the North does not make them free
3- It is legal to own slaves based on the constitution
What was teh Anaconda Plan?
Union plan to control the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf, and the Mississippi River
What were border states? Why were they important for the Union?
They were slave states that stayed in the Union. They were important for the Andaconda Plan (control of the water/rivers and protecting Washington D.C.)
Which states seceded to form the Confederate states?
Southern states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Texas