Economic & Cultural Differences
What type of economy dominated the North before the Civil War?
Industry/manufacturing.
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Drew the 36°30′ line; Missouri slave, Maine free
He escaped slavery and became a famous speaker and writer.
Frederick Douglass.
Which side had more factories, railroads, and manpower?
The Union (North).
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment.
What type of economy dominated the South before the Civil War
Agriculture (cotton, slavery-based).
What compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act?
Compromise of 1850.
She led enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman.
Which battle was the single bloodiest day in U.S. history?
Battle of Antietam.
Which amendment gave citizenship and equal protection under the law?
14th Amendment.
Which region had more railroads and infrastructure?
The North.
What does “popular sovereignty” mean in the slavery debate?
People in a territory vote to allow or ban slavery.
He published The Liberator newspaper.
William Lloyd Garrison.
Which Civil War battle is considered the turning point?
Battle of Gettysburg.
Which amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
15th Amendment.
Name one cultural difference between the North and South.
North = more urban/industrial, South = rural/slavery-based.
Which violent conflict resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
“Bleeding Kansas.”
Who was John Brown, and what did he do?
Radical abolitionist; led raid on Harpers Ferry.
What document did Lincoln issue in 1863 to free enslaved people in Confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
What system tied freedmen to land through debt after the war?
Sharecropping.
What was the South’s “cash crop” that fueled slavery?
Cotton.
Which new political party formed in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Republican Party.
Why were abolitionists so important to the Civil War?
They shaped public opinion and increased calls to end slavery.
Which speech began with “Four score and seven years ago…”?
The Gettysburg Address.
Why was Reconstruction both a success and a failure?
Success = ended slavery, expanded rights; Failure = Black Codes, Jim Crow, limited enforcement.