Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin help the cause of the abolitionists?
What is it depicted the slave owners as cruel
100
What battle signaled the beginning of the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter
100
What General burned Columbia?
What is William T. Sherman
100
The south believed in this issue which was led by John C. Calhoun
What is States' rights
100
The Republican candidate in the election of 1860 was
What is Lincoln
200
Explain why slavery could not be excluded from any territory according to the Dred Scott decision?
What is slaves were property that could be taken anywhere
200
Why did William T Sherman want to attack Columbia?
What is because he wanted to attack the capital of the state where the war had begun.
200
Why might "total war" end the Civil War?
What is It would demoralize the people and cause them to lose interest in the war.
200
Best selling book of the time that described the horrors of slavery and helped awaken the north to the slavery issue.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
The concept of ___________ allowed people in a region to vote on whether or not to have slavery
What is popular sovereignty
300
Who was Dred Scott?
What is a slave whose owner took him to a free territory. Because of this he thought he should be free.
300
What city was made the capital of the Confederacy?
What is Richmond
300
"Seceeding from the Union would be best, but we should not do it alone." This quote would most likely be said by
What is cooperationist
300
Former slave that won his freedom and tried to hold a large slave rebellion.
What is Denmark Vesey
300
This hurt the South's economy
What is Protective tariff
400
Like they did in the Stono Rebellion of 1739, plantation owners reacted in what way to the failed Denmark Vesey plot in 1822?
What is passed more laws and restrictions to control slaves
400
What took place at the Port of Charleston, until February 1865?
What is a blockade
400
What fort was attacked by the 54th Massachusetts unit of African American soldiers?
What is Fort Wagner
400
"Now that Lincoln is president, this issue is not debatable." This quote would most likely be said by
What is Secessionist
400
The Compromise of 1850 created a tougher, new _____________ that favored the South
What is Fugitive Slave law
500
What South Carolina city was under attack after the fall of Port Royal?
What is Charleston
500
What affect did the blockade of Charleston have?
What is it gave the North a victory over the South
500
Name the 4 military strategies of the North
What is splitting the Confederacy in 2 at the Mississippi River, capturing Richmond, blockading southern ports, and destroying communications and transportation systems.
500
What were Secessionists also known as?
What is Fire eaters
500
____________believed that slavery should not be expanded into the western lands.