Causes
Geography
People
Extra Extra!
Miscellaneous
100

This law required American citizens to return escaped slaves to their owners 

Fugitive Slave Act

100

Climate in the south made it ideal for this cash crop

Cotton 

100

This man became the 16th president of the United States 

Lincoln 

100

What was the first state to Secede from the Union AND what was the direct cause

South Carolina after the election of 1860

100

This system of safehouses helped lead slaves to freedom

Underground Railroad 

200

This set up the Mason Dixon line and also allowed two other states to enter the union, one free state and one slave state 

Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) 

200

In 1850 this state entered the nation as a FREE state

California 

200

This former slave helped hundreds of people escape slavery in the south 

Harriet Tubman 

200

This supreme court case states slaves were property and nullified the Missouri Compromise 

Dred Scott Case 

200

This was the name for the drive to end slavery

Abolition Movement 

300

This was when an abolitionist from the north tried to incite a slave revolt in Virginia. Seen as a major cause of the Civil War

John Browns Raid 

300

These two territories were the first places where states would vote on whether they would be free or slave. This led to violence in those territories 

Kansas and Nebraska 

300

This former slave started an abolitionist newspaper in Rochester, New York titled the "North Star"

Fredrick Douglas 

300

The vocabulary word for an intense feeling of pride in your area of the country

Sectionalism 

300

This invention contributed to the growth of slavery in the south

Cotton Gin

400

Soldiers from South Carolina captured this fort in Charleston Harbor to start the American Civil War

Ft. Sumter

400

These border states chose to remain with the Union

Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri 

400

She was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beacher Stowe

400

Explain how geography contributed to the growth of slavery in the south 

The hot and humid climate in the south was great for cash crops which led to plantations. Slaves were used as labor on the plantations 

400

Southern states claim this was the reason for their war against the North

States Rights 

500

This was the name for the idea that states would vote on whether they wanted slavery or not

Popular Sovereignty 

500

Name the 11 states in the CSA

Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Texas

500

This colonel led the Army against John Brown. He would eventually become the commander of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee

500

Explain how Manifest Destiny related to the causes of the Civil War

westward expansion gave the USA new states which led to a discussion on the expansion of slavery

500

This was the law that Abraham Lincoln used as past precedent for how to respond to South Carolina 

Force Act