Causes of the Civil War
What issue caused the most disagreement between the North and South?
Slavery
What were the two sides of the Civil War called?
South = Confederacy
What does westward expansion mean?
The United States grew and moved farther west.
What is a slave
A person who is owned by another person and forced to work without pay
What is my favorite color?
Pink
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case?
Black people could not be U.S. citizens or have rights, and Dred Scott was not freed.
What is one similarity the north and south share?
Poor & rich people
People who liked and disliked slavery
Both had factories and farms
Name two dangers people faced while traveling west
bad weather, dangerous rivers, accidents, disease, and not enough food or supplies
What is a colonist
A person who moves to a new land to live in a colony.
Where did I go to college?
Mizzou
What happened during Bleeding Kansas
Kansas wants to enter as a state
People in Kansas want to vote if it should be slave of a free state
Many people come to Kansas and mess up the votes
People began fighting - shows this is a serious issue
Why did the South win many battles at the beginning of the war?
Southern soldiers knew the land and had strong military leaders.
What was Manifest Destiny?
The belief that the United States should expand across North America.
What is a civil war?
A war between groups within the same country.
How many sibilings do I have?
3...
5 is also correct
What was the Missouri Compromise and what did it create?
Missouri wants to enter as a slave state but would make more slave states than free states
Missouri enters as a slave state and Maine enters as a free state to keep equal number of both
Ruled that any new state that enters in the North is free and any in the south is a slave state
How did factories and railroads help the North during the Civil War?
Factories made weapons and supplies, while railroads moved soldiers and supplies.
What happened to many Native Americans as Americans moved west?
They were forced to leave their land.
What does secede mean?
To leave or separate from a country.
What two towns did I grow up in?
Moberly & Fulton
Why did Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 make Southern states angry?
Lincoln did not want slavery to spread , and he won without Southern votes
What were two major results of the Civil War?
(What happened when the war ended?)
The United States stayed together, and slavery was abolished (ended)
Why did westward expansion increase arguments about slavery?
People disagreed about whether new states and territories should allow slavery.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared slaves in Confederate-controlled areas free.
What is my favorite time period in history?
Civil Rights Era