Life in the North
What were factory conditions like in the North?
Crowded, dangerous, and poorly ventilated workplaces.
What major change was happening in the North between 1820 and 1860?
The North was becoming more industrial and urban.
What major issue caused division between the North and South as new territories were added?
Whether new states would be free or slave states.
What event did John Brown attempt at Harpers Ferry?
He tried to start a slave rebellion by seizing weapons in the South.
Why was it harder for the Union to achieve its military strategy compared to the Confederacy?
Because invading and controlling enemy territory is more difficult than defending your own land.
Why did factory owners prefer hiring women and children?
They could pay them lower wages and control them more easily.
What invention made cotton cleaning easier and making cotton profitable? Who was the inventor?
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin
What was the main goal of the Compromise of 1850?
To ease tensions between the North and South and keep the Union together. Tensions was brewing over the California question.
Why did the Democratic Party split in the election of 1860?
They disagreed over how to handle slavery in the territories.
What role did the Mississippi River play in the Union’s strategy?
It would split the Confederacy in half and give the Union control of key transportation routes.
Rundown apartment buildings that were often built by factories.
Tenements
Planters were on the top of the social hierarchy of the South woning very large amount of land and slave. the next group was majority of the south which didn't rely on slavery for their smaller farms. What was this social class called?
The Yeomanry farmers
What did the North and South get out of the Compromise of 1850
The North gets a free state (California). The South got stricter slave laws (Fugitive Slave Act)
What were the differences between the Northern and Southern Democrats
Northern Democrats = Let Popular Sovereignty decide.
Southern Democrats = Expand and Defend Slavery
Why did the Confederacy believe foreign nations might support them?
They believed countries like Britain and France depended on their cotton and would support them.
Public opinion on immigration was often not the best due to various reasons like, low amount of jobs, political identity, religious clashes. What political party rises to deter immigration?
The American Nativists party (Know Nothing Party)
The Telegraph changed communication forever. Now message can be sent instantly instead of waiting on a letter. Who invented the Telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Explain how the Dred Scott decision made the conflict over slavery worse instead of solving it.
It ruled that enslaved people were property and that Congress could not ban slavery in territories, angering the North and strengthening the South.
What was the main goal of the Republican Party in 1860?
To stop the expansion of slavery into new territories.
What was a major weakness of Union leadership early in the war?
he Union frequently changed generals and had leaders who were hesitant to attack.
What were the two foreign groups that immigrated to the United States and what were their reasons?
Germans - Political Unrest
Irish - Severe Famine
This ship made long-distance trade faster by reaching places like China quicker than older ships. Solving the issue with rotten items arriving to their destination. What ship was this?
The Clipper ship
Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act increase tensions between the North and South?
It allowed slavery to spread into new territories by using popular sovereignty and repealed the Missouri Compromise.
What is popular sovereignty and how did it lead up to Bleeding kansas?
Popular sovereignty is the idea that people in a territory vote to decide if slavery is allowed. It led to Bleeding Kansas because pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups rushed in to influence the vote, causing violence and conflict.
What did early battles like Bull Run reveal about the Civil War?
That the war would be longer, more difficult, and more deadly than expected.