Vocabulary
Another name for the United States?
Union
Who was the President before Abraham Lincoln?
James Buchanan
People in live in the territory make the final decision?
Popular Sovereignty
What were people called that were against Slavery
Abolitionist
When the South left the Union. What did they call themselves?
Confederate
Tax on imported goods?
Tariffs
Who beat out Lincoln for the 1858 senate seat in Illinois?
Stephen Douglas
What State became a free state in the 1820 Compromise?
Maine
Who was the famous Conductor that help 300 slaves flee the south?
Harriet Tubman
What State left the Union first?
South Carolina
When a country leaves or breaks off from the rest?
Secession
What party was Lincoln in?
Republican
During the 1850 Compromise, What state were the South and North fighting over?
California
How many people were living in the North before the War?
20 millon in the North; 9 million in the South, 4 million slaves, 5 million white men
Who became the new President of the Confederate Government?
Jefferson Davis
The unfair treatment of particular groups?
Discrimination
What two people did Lincoln beat for the Presidency in 1860?
Breckinridge and Douglas
In the 1854 Compromise, What state were both sides fighting over?
Kansas
Who financed the Underground Railroad?
Free blacks and abolitionist
Tell me three crops that the South grew?
Tobacco, Indigo, Cotton, and Rice
Loyalty to one part of the country?
Sectionalism
How many states did not put Lincoln on the ballot during the 1860 election?
10 states
The three main causes of the Civil War?
Slavery, Economy, and State Rights
Who was the Slave that tried to sue the Supreme Court for his freedom?
What was the law called that required Northern Citizens to bring back runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Law