Causes
What acronym did we use to remember the Causes of the Civil War?
TISSUES
What event/Battle led the the final 4 states seceding from the Union?
Firing on Fort Sumter
An abolitionist supports?
Ending Slavery
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 added what 2 states, and were they free or slave?
Missouri - slave state
Maine - free state
What term means to formally withdraw from an organized group?
Secede
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Battle of Palmito Ranch took place after what key event?
The Surrender at Appomattox Court House
What was the South's biggest cash crop?
Cotton
With the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowing citizens the ability to vote on the issue of slavery, many rushed to settle this area, what violent event resulted from the this sudden rush to settle?
Bleeding Kansas
Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What factor was Most important in growing cotton in the 1800's?
Slave Labor
What Battle encouraged President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the south?
Increased the need for slavery
Name a controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 for people in the North
Fugitive Slave Act
Manifest Destiny was a major cause of?
Conflict between non-slave and slave states
What Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens, therefore could not sue in court?
Dred Scott vs Sanford
During this Battle, the Union Navy blockaded Texas ports but ended with the Confederate Army retaking control?
The Battle of Galveston
What was the main economic difference between Northern and Southern sections of the U.S.?
South = Agricultural Economy
North = Industrial Economy
Name a controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 for people in the South
Slave Trade was banned in Washington DC
Which event directly led to Texas and six other states seceding from the United States?
The election of Lincoln as President
What was the biggest complaint a secessionist might have about the Election of 1860?
Non-slave states were able to elect Lincoln against the objection of every slave state
Why was the Battle of Vicksburg a turning point in the Civil War?
It separated the Western and Eastern Parts of the Confederacy (Union gained control of the Miss. River)
Sam Houston's view regarding Texas secession?
Texas should not secede, solve the issues facing the country
What Constitutional principle of the Kansas-Nebraska Act opened up the possibility of slavery in the future states?
Popular Sovereignty
States' Rights