Category 1
Which region had more enslaved people?
The South
Who has fertile soil for cash crops expanded the plantation system
The South
Who has access to inexpensive land and natural resources for farming and mining.
The West
Who has numerous fast flowing rivers led to the growth of factories
The North
First battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Elected president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
People determined whether to allow Kansas to be a free or slave state
Popular sovereignty
Elected president of the U.S. in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Opposed the spread of slavery into territories
Republican Party
Powers held by state governments rather than the federal government
States’ rights
What happened after the Election of Abraham Lincoln?
Southern states began seceding from the Union.
What reform movement grew following the decision in the Dred Scott case?
Abolitionist movement
What was the decision in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
Slaves could not be citizens and were considered property, ruled the Missouri Compromise line unconstitutional
Formal withdrawal from the Union
Secede
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
Why were many Southerners were opposed to the election of Lincoln?
Lincoln was a Republican, and Republicans were opposed to the spread of slavery
How did the plantation system influence economic development in the North?
Northern textile mills used the cotton grown on Southern plantations
What were terms of the Compromise of 1850?
California would be admitted as a free state, and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed to satisfy the South
What factor contributed most to the population difference shown in the table?
The South’s economy relied on cotton
What were TWO main points of Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address?
To hold the Union together and to reassured the South that he had no plans to outlaw slavery where it already existed
What argument did the South use to maintain the practice of slavery?
The South argued that their states’ rights would be violated under the 10th Amendment if slavery was made illegal
What was Lincoln’s ideas about the Union?
We can not separate, “preserve, protect, and defend it."
Why were the first shots of the Civil War fired at Fort Sumter?
Fort Sumter was a Union fort located in South Carolina that could not get supplies after South Carolina seceded.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 AND what was one effect of the law?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850. The law allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States. The law angered many northerners and increased tensions between the North and the South.
Republican Party in 1854