Causes of the Civil War 1
What was the name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
What does abolitionist mean?
A person who is against slavery.
Why was slavery important in the South?
The South needed slaves to work in their fields.
What was the name given to the South during the Civil War?
Confederates States of America
Which state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
A person who is running away is called?
A fugitive
True or False, most southerners supported Abraham Lincoln?
False
What law gave popular sovereignty to the Kansas and Nebraska territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How many hours did the Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter?
34 hours
To withdraw or separate from an organization (to break away from)
Secede
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and what kind of line was created?
Congress decided that Missouri could be a slave state and Maine could be a free state. There was an imaginary lines created across the rest of the territories.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the ____ president of the United States?
16th
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The North was more industrial and didn't have large plantations.
Union
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Union- Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy- Jefferson Davis
What was Nat Turner's Rebellion and how many people were killed as a result of this Rebellion?
Nat Turner led a rebellion against slave owners. He along with his followers killed 59 people before being stopped.
A war between citizens of the same country.
Civil War
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
Slaves who had escaped to the North, had to be returned to Slavery.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe