Civil War Causes
What was one major reason for the Civil War?
You decide...
Slavery
Rights being taken away
The election of Lincoln
What was John Brown responsible for that led to the Civil War?
The Raid on Harpers Ferry.
Define Secede
To withdraw / to remove from
The former slave who sued for freedom in the Supreme Court after moving to the north.
Dred Scott
What happened as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican War?
The United States gained vast new territory.
Describe something about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
Required Northerners to return runaway slaves.
What role did the Southern States play in the start of the Civil War?
Southern states believed that the federal government overreached on issues that states should determine (I.E. slavery) and seceded from the Union
Define Popular Sovereignty
People rule / People vote on whether or not slavery would be allowed in a territory.
The Republican nominee for president for the 1860 election? This person won the election.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Underground Railroad?
A series of safe routes, houses, and individuals who helped enslaved people try to escape.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers in the new areas to determine what?
Whether it would be a slave or free state - based on popular sovereignty
How did the Missouri Compromise determine how a state would enter the Union?
There was a line of latitude that divided the North from the South and helped decide where slavery would be allowed.
This compromise also said Missouri could enter as a slave state if Maine entered as a free state.
Define Abolitionist
Individuals who are opposed to slavery and want it to end
What did the South do after Lincoln won the Presidency in 1860?
The succeeded from the Union
How did the northern states and southern states differ on how they viewed the issue of slavery?
North= was against slavery and the expansion of slavery in the territories - Moral and economic issue.
South= was for slavery - Economic Issue
What state came in as free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California was entered as a free state
Who won the election of 1860 and became president?
Abraham Lincoln
Define Treason
A crime against your government
What type of methods did John Brown want to use to end slavery?
John Brown wanted to use violence as he participated in a massacre in Kansas and tried to start of slave uprising at Harper's Ferry by raiding a Federal arsenal.
This was the main reason many Southern states opposed Lincoln's election.
They feared he would oppose the expansion of slavery.
Just before the Civil War, the territory of Kansas was described as "Bleeding Kansas". Why was this?
There was much political violence over the issue of Slavery in the territory as pro slave and anti slave forces fought it out to see which would be dominate.
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To balance the number of free states and slave states to prevent a civil war.
Define Sectionalism
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than the country as a whole
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
The Republican Party
What is a compromise?
An agreement where both sides give up something to reach a solution.