North vs. South
In the 1800s, was the North considered an urban or rural society?
Urban
The Kansas-Nebraska Act let people decide whether they wanted to allow ________ in those territories.
Slavery
What number president was Abraham Lincoln?
16
What is a civil war?
A fight between groups in the same country.
What did the 13th amendment to the U.S. constitution do?
It made slavery illegal in the country.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union
The Missouri Compromise let Missouri join the U.S. as a slave state and Maine join as a ________ state, keeping the balance of power.
Free
Which political party did Lincoln belong to?
What was the Civil War mainly fought over?
Slavery (but, also how much power the national government and states should have).
What is an abolitionist? Name one well-known abolitionist.
In the South, most people thought the states should have more ________ than the national government.
Power
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
A law that said if an enslaved person ran away to the North, they had to be returned to their owner in the South.
Did the Confederacy support Lincoln? Why or why not?
No, the Confederacy did not support Lincoln because they were afraid that he would stop them from owning slaves.
Who was the Union General, and who was the Confederate General?
General Ulysses S. Grant was the leader of the Union and General Robert E. Lee was the leader of the Confederacy.
What is sectionalism?
When people care more about their own region than the whole country.
Name three specific differences between the North and the South in the early nineteenth century.
Answers will vary: Type of society, how they made money, views on tariffs, government, slaves
In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that an enslaved man was not a citizen, but ________.
Property
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A statement made by Lincoln that said all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.
What was the reason behind the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?
The South didn't want the Union to have any power in their territory. So, when Lincoln sent supplies to the Union soldiers there, the Confederacy saw it as a threat and attacked.
What is a martyr?
Someone who dies for a cause they believe in.
Why did many people in the North like tariffs?
They made imported goods more expensive, which was good for factory owners and workers.
What is popular sovereignty?
The idea that people have the power to make decisions about their government.
Why didn't Lincoln want to free slaves in the Border States?
Because he feared that it would push them to rebel and join the Confederacy, and he wanted them to remain loyal to the United States.
What was the final battle of the Civil War? Who surrendered to who, and why?
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant because the Union had taken too much control of the South and the Confederacy was running out of supplies.
What was John Brown's raid on Harpers ferry? Why did he do this, and what happened as a result?
He tried to start a slave rebellion by giving weapons to enslaved people because he was an abolitionist. But, he was caught and executed.