Causes
Vocabulary
Key Issues
Vocabulary
Consequences
100
________was the number one reason of the Civil War and __________was the second biggest reason.
What is slavery?
100
This term meant that states could void any federal law thought to be unconstitutional
What is nullification
100
This prohibited slavery North of 36 30 degrees latitude
What is Missouri Compromise
100
The Northern states during the Civil War
What is the Union
100
The interest of the nation is more important than the interest of the states
What is nationalism
200
The north was an economy based on an ______ while the south was an economy based on____
What is industrial economy & agricultural economy
200
supreme power or authority
What is sovereignty
200
Slaves are not citizens and cannot sue in court; Congress may not regulate private property including slaves.
What was the Dred Scott Decision
200
Person who is the property of another person and usually their servant
What is a slave
300
When South Carolina passed a law called the Ordinance of Nullification declaring that the 1828 tariff would not apply to the state of South Carolina was an example of
What is state's right
300
withdrawal from the United States
What is secession
300
Congress allowed citizens to choose if they wanted to allow slavery
What is Kansas-Nebraska Act
300
Southern states that withdrew from the United States were referred as the..
What are the Confederate States of America
300
When southerners felt the interest of the region is more important than the interest of the nation
What is regionalism
400
This cause of difference was when the North did not want slavery to expand to any more states while the South believed that more slaves states would mean more power in Congress, more power in congress meant slavery would be protected.
What was the western exapnsion
400
someone who wanted to end slavery
What is abolitionist
400
Georgia will stay in the Union if the North enforces the Fugitive Slave Act
What is Georgia Platform
400
Known as the voice of reason and pushed to pass Georgia Platform, and later became the Vice President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Alexander Stephens
400
This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is 13th Amendment?
500
List all seven causes of the Civil War
What is slavery, states' rights and government role, western expansion, taxes and tariffs, economies, social order and population, & agricultural lifestyle vs. industrial lifestyle
500
A taxes placed on imported goods and services used to restrict trade by making them more expensive to consumers
What are tariffs
500
California admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act passed; slavery banned in Washington, D.C.
What is the Compromise of 1850
500
This was a strong signal to the South that slavery days were coming to an end
What is the Election of 1860
500
Although slavery was abolished, blacks did not have full freedoms until this happened.
What is Civil Rights Movement