People
Who was John Brown?
An extreme abolitionist
What was considered the North during this time?
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What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
What is Ms. Nagle's favorite color?
Who won the election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
What was considered the South?
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
Aimed to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states
Missouri = slave state
Maine = free state
Prohibition of slavery north of the 36°30' parallel, except for Missouri
What was considers a slave state? Give one example
A state where slavery was legal
(before the year 1865)
Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What was life like in the South during the early to mid 1800s (consider all perspectives)
Climate and Geography: warm with good soil
Economy: based on agriculture
Many people lived on farms or plantations that were spread far away from each other
The population primarily consisted of white men and enslaved people
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to be a free state and created a much stricter Fugitive Slave Act
What were the main causes of the civil war
Slavery
Expansion
States rights
Name one abolitionist who escaped slavery
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
What was life like in the North during the Civil War
Climate and Geography: cold winters and humid summers
Many people lived in cities
The economy was based on textiles, manufacturing, and trade
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act and why was it important?
Repealed the Missouri Compromise
Created 2 new territories: Kansas and Nebraska
Allowed the people to decide if a new territory would be a free state or slave state (idea of popular sovereignty)
What were 2 reasons that South Carolina gave as to why they were succeeding from the Union?
1. The election of Abraham Lincoln
2. The belief that the government, specifically the new government was anti-slavery
3. The Northern states were not corrupting with laws regarding slavery such as the Fugitive Slave Act
Who was Dred Scott and what was the Supreme Court case?
A Supreme Court case decided in 1857
Dred Scott: an enslaved man who was brought to free states
When Scott’s enslaver died he argued he should be a free man since he had lived in a free state previously
Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens
Court decided that Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery, meaning the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
What was the Louisiana Purchase? Point to it on the map.
The Louisiana Purchase was the 1803 acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France by the United States, doubling the size of the country
What violent attacks were caused by the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
If you were learning about the Civil War in the South of the United States, what would the name of the war be?
The War Between States