Political
How did states rights vs. federal rights contribute to the civil war?
The south believed that states should have the same power as the federal government in order to challenge laws.
What was the major social issue surrounding the Civil War?
Slavery.
What was the major cash crop grown in the south?
Cotton.
What were the compromises/Acts called that created tension between the north and south?
Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850.
What publication fueled the abolition movement?
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What was the Souths economy based on?
Agriculture/Slave labor
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act contribute to the Civil War?
1. This act threated the existing Missouri Compromise that helped keep the northern states free from slavery because of popular sovereignty.
2. created a division in the Whig Party and led to the creation of the Republican Party.
How did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin contribute to the Civil War?
Many northerners who had previously not had an opinion of slavery were now strongly against it. This further divided the country.
What was the North's economy based on?
Manufacturing and Industry
How did the Compromise of 1850 contribute to the Civil War?
1. The Fugitive Slave Act angered northerners who had not taken part in slavery now had to return slaves who ran away from plantations. This created tension between the north and south.
2. Southerners were upset California became a free state, upsetting the balance between free and slave states.
How did John Browns raid on Harper's ferry contribute to the coming of the civil war?
The South began to organize militias, afraid that northerners would come to lead slave revolts.
How did sectionalism contribute to the coming of the Civil War?
The South had become even more reliant on slave labor on cotton plantations that they did not want to give up free labor, as the north had.
What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?
The immediate cause of the Civil War was the Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. When he was elected, several southern states left the union. Lincoln believed that secession was illegal and that he had the responsibility to preserve the Union.
How did Bleeding Kansas contribute to the Civil War?
Many people on both sides of the argument rushed into Kansas and for several months there was violent and deadly fighting between both groups. This created major tension between the north and south.
How did the decision on Dred Scott v. Sandford contribute to the coming of the Civil War?
The Supreme Court’s decision meant that there were no “slave” or “free” states -- slavery could exist everywhere. This nullified the Missouri Compromise.