North, South, and West
Why did the North have so many factories?
Because of industrialization and a growing railroad system.
What does the 10th Amendment say?
States have powers not given to the federal government.
What political party was created to stop the spread of slavery?
The Republican Party
Who led a violent slave rebellion in Virginia?
Nat Turner
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
What product from the South was often found in Northern factories?
Cotton
What idea did John C. Calhoun support about federal laws?
The Theory of Nullification – states can ignore federal laws and secede.
Who debated Stephen Douglas about slavery and believed it was morally wrong?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the result of Nat Turner’s rebellion?
Harsher slave codes were enforced.
What did Lincoln say about secession in his First Inaugural Address?
Secession is illegal, and the Union is perpetual.
Why was the South mainly agricultural?
Its economy relied on farming and plantations, especially after the invention of the cotton gin.
Who created the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
What was the Dred Scott case about?
A slave sued for freedom after living in free territory.
Who led a raid on Harpers Ferry hoping to start a slave revolt?
John Brown
What country was created by the 7 seceding states?
The Confederate States of America
What was the economy of the West based on?
Agriculture and mining for gold and natural resources.
What law allowed escaped slaves to be returned and punished those who helped them?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
What did the Supreme Court decide in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Slaves are property, not citizens, and can’t sue.
What happened to John Brown after the raid?
He was captured and executed.
Who was elected president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
How did the cotton gin impact slavery?
It increased the demand for slaves to keep up with cotton production.
What event occurred due to fighting over slavery in Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas
What did the decision in Dred Scott allow?
It allowed slavery to expand into new territories.
What was the South’s reaction to Lincoln being elected president in 1860?
South Carolina and other states seceded from the Union.
Where and when did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina in April 1861