Long Term Causes of the Civil War
Each region of the United States gradually evolved its own distinct social system
Sectionalism
This President was elected in 1860 receiving just 39% of the vote with no Southern States
Abraham Lincoln
The Southern economy was dependent on what, depending on slave labor
Agriculture
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. No other slavery was allowed north of the line 36 degrees 30 minutes North.
Missouri Compromise 1820
Advantage of the North with Coal, iron, gold
Natural Resources
A cause that resulted from Court Cases that changed these as new states were admitted into the Union
Breakdown of Compromises
This state was the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
General Scott's plan to strangle the South
Anaconda Plan
California was admitted as a free state, harsher fugitive slave law was passed, sale of slaves banned in DC, and popular sovereignty was applied to other territories taken from Mexico.
Compromise of 1850
Advantage of the North more railroads, factories, mines, roads, and canals
More Industrialized
The most explosive issue facing Americans prior and during the Civil War. Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman fought against it.
Slavery
The name of the collective Southern States and Seceded from the Union
Confederate States of America
Proclaiming slaves free in states in rebellion effective January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Kansas earned this nickname
Bleeding Kansas
Advantage of the South: General Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Gifted Military Leaders
Annexation of the Oregon Territory and a large section of Mexico, caused this issue that was one of the causes of the Civil War
Western Expansion
This fort was the site of the first shots fired of the Civil War
Sumter
The battle determined to be the "turning point" of the war
Gettysburg
This act divided the Nebraska Territory into Nebraska and Kansas. Applied the principle of "popular sovereignty"
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Advantage for the South: southerners fighting on their own land, North had to conquer large geographic area
The South believed that they could withdrawal from the Union because they voluntary joined the Union, the North believed that the states had no right to leave the Union
Differences in the Constitutional Interpretation: States' Rights
This person was elected President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Lincoln appointed this General as Commander after his performance in the Battle of Vicksburg
Grant
This decision was reached by the Supreme Court in 1857, saying African Americans were not citizens and that Congress had no right to restrict slavery in northern territories.
Dredd Scott decision
The Battle to control the Mississippi River Valley
Vicksburg