People
Who led the Raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What kind of economy did the North have? South?
Industry
Agriculture
What does the word secede mean? How does it relate to the Civil War?
To leave; The south leaves the Union
What state seceded first?
South Carolina
What does the word treason mean?
When someone betrays their country
Who won the Election of 1860?
Abe Lincoln
How did the South feel about the institution of slavery?
They felt it was a good thing and it should stay because they needed it for their agricultural economy
What is popular sovereignty? How does it relate to the Civil War?
Idea that people living in a territory should make their own decisions, especially the decision to admit slavery
Kansas Nebraska Act
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who wants to get rid of slavery
What is an arsenal?
a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made.
Leader of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
What did the southern states feel the federal government was trying to do at this time?
Take away their rights and power
Who was John Brown? What is he most well known for?
White abolitionist
Raid on Harper's Ferry
What did the Union want? What did the South want?
Slavery and no slavery
Who wins the Civil War?
The Union
Leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E Lee
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act? Why was Kansas called "Bleeding Kansas"?
1. Kansas Nebraska Act gave the people the right to choose whether or not these states would become slave or free states (popular sov)
2. It is called this because people violently fought in Kansas over their beliefs on slavery
What did the southern states rename themselves after leaving the Union? Who was their president?
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
How does the South feel after the Election of 1860?
They are enraged, they do not like Lincoln's beliefs and are mad that he won without even being on the ballot in the South. It is the straw that breaks the camels back and they leave the Union
Who is the one who "inspired" John Brown to hate slavery?
His Father
Name 3 Abolitionists
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How did these causes lead to a Civil War breaking out?
The North and South were so divided the South decides to leave and the Union and Confederacy fight a bloody war
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Why is she important?
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Shows the horrors of slavery; kick starts abolition movement
No other slaves revolt and he is tried for treason/hanged. Not successful
Where is Harper's Ferry?
Virginia