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Causes of the Civil War I
Causes of the Civil War II
Causes of the Civil War III
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
100
The North and the South could not agree with each other about the spread and practice of this.
What is slavery?
100

These two debated each other 7 times during the election of 1858 for Senate.

Who are Lincoln and Douglas?

100
An attack on this fort off the coast of SC began the fighting
What is Fort Sumter?
100

did not permit slavery

What is a free state?

100
A person who is running away from the law.
What is a fugitive?
200
This act required people to return escaped slaves to their owners.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
This organization helped slaves escape to the North or Canada. It was run by a secret network of abolitionists.
What is the Underground Railroad?
200

delegates from seven Southern states met here and voted to form a new country called this

What is the Confederate States of America?

200

the right of people to make political decisions for themselves

What is popular sovereignty?

200
Nickname given to a state where violence and bloodshed broke out after it was decided that citizens would vote on the slavery issue.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
300

Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the ballot in ten of the southern states. He still won this election

What was the Election of 1860?

300

This act allowed two midwestern territories to vote on the slavery issue. It led to violence and bloodshed, particularly in one state.

What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

300

the belief that states, not the federal government should make final decisions on things that affect them

What are states' rights?

300

war between two groups of the same nation

What is Civil War?

300

Loyalty to one part of the country

What is sectionalism?

400
This compromise stated that slavery would not be permitted in territory from the Louisiana Purchase above 36 degrees latitude.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
400
This man raided a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to arm slaves for an uprising. He was stopped by the military and hanged for his actions.
Who is John Brown?
400

a tax on imported goods that was good for the north and not good for the south

What is a tariff?

400

when part of a country leaves or breaks off from the rest of the country

What is secession?

400

permitted slavery

What is a slave state?

500

This compromise admitted California as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to vote on the slavery issue, banned the sale of slaves in DC, and enacted tougher fugitive slave laws.

What is the Compromise of 1850?

500
In this Supreme Court case, a slave sued for his freedom. He lost the case, with the Supreme Court ruling that slaves are considered personal property.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
500

the name of the president for the eleven southern states was this. 

Who is Jefferson Davis?

500

a group that unites for a purpose

What is a confederation?

500

This was another name for the northern states that did not secede. 

What is the Union?