compromise's and people
Who broke the Missouri compromise of 1820
Henrey Clay
What are 3 facts about him
He was the 16th president
He was 6'4
He was self educated
What was the conflict between the North and South
It was slavery
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
Where did almost all Civil War leaders go to college?
Almost all of them went to West Point.
Why did John Brown raid the Harpers Ferry?
Because he wanted to free slaves and end slavery and it became a battle and ended with john brown being killed
What year was Lincoln elected
November 6th 1860
Why was slavery important to the south and what did the north think of slavery
1. Bc it helped them maintain their economy
2. the north thought slavery was morally wrong
Where did the Civil War begin
The civil war began in Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in April of 1861
What did Eli Whitney invent and what was the purpose of this?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. It was designed to help lessen the manual labor of processing the separation cotton.
What was the Missouri compromise of 1820
It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a Free state to keep the balance between slave and free states.
Who was Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union troops?
Lincoln's first choice was Robert E. Lee.
what was the first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
What advantage did the north have over the south?
The advantage that the north had was that they had more numbers and a well developed transportation system. South could make more weapons and clothes faster
What was Uncle Toms cabin and why was it important
It was written by Harriet in 1852. The novel was written to tell people the truth about slavery.
What bills were a part of the compromise of 1850
The fugitive slave act was allowed
California was admitted as a free state
Washington D.C banned slavery there
Did Lincoln become a congressman in 1858?
No he did not he became a congress man in 1853
What are some states apart of the union
Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island,
Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?
Jefferson davis and the General was Robert E Lee
what was the goal of the underground railroad during the civil war.
It was to help enslaved people escape to freedom and go from the south to the north at night
Who was Harriet Tubman?
She was an escaped slave and a social activist who escaped slavery and became a conductor on the underground railroad
True or False: Abraham Lincoln took pills to help his depression
True
who was the president of the Confederate army.
Jefferson Davis
Who created the White House Press Corps
President Lincoln helped create the white house press Corps.
What was the Dred Scot case and what was the ruling
It was a decision that the supreme court used to decide that African Americans whether free or enslaved could not be a U.S citizen and it overturned the Missouri compromise.
That he was still a slave