Enslavement
Why were conditions on slave ships so dangerous for enslaved people during the Middle Passage?
What is the conditions were enslaved people were packed tightly together with little air, food, or sanitation, leading to disease and death
more urban areas, industrial economy, better transportation, and a strong federal government are all characteristic of which section of the country?
What is the North
What event led directly to Southern secession in 1860?
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln
What did Lincoln say about slavery in his First Inaugural Address?
What is not touch slavery in states where it already existed.
Who was expected to win the First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas? Who actually won?
What is
expected to win= Union
actually won= Confederacy
What often happened to families during slave auctions?
What is families were separated
agricultural economy, cash crops, mostly rural and support of states rights are all characteristic of which section of the country?
What is the South
Who was Dred Scott and what was the Supreme Court's decision?
Who is an enslaved man. The Supreme Court stated enslaved people could not use and had no constitutional right to freedom.
Who did the Emancipation Proclamation specifically give freedom to?
Who are enslaved people in Confederate (rebellious) territories.
What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?
What is "squeeze" (isolate/cut off) the South until they surrendered
What was the role of "King Cotton" in the South?
What is cotton was the most important cash crop and the South's economy revolved around it.
What were the states that believed slavery should be abolished and that secession was not possible called?
What is the Union
What were the 3 terms of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri = slave,
Maine = free,
no slavery above 36°30′ (Missouri Compromise Line)
Name 1 strength of the Union Army.
1. higher population
2. better economy
3. more money/wealth
4. more factories and resources
5. better transportation
6. more farms= more food
What did Lincoln do after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam?
What is issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What are 3 forms of passive resistance we learned about in the enslavement stations lesson?
What is breaking tools, pretending to be sick, singing rebellious songs
What are the states that supported slavery and believed states could secede called?
What is the Confederacy.
Name one strength of the Confederate Army
What is...
1. military leadership
2. fighting on their own land
Why was Vicksburg considered an important city to have control over? (Two parts to this answer)
What is because control of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two by securing full control of the Mississippi River
John Brown wanted to help free enslaved people by launching an attack on an arsenal in which town in 1859?
What is Harper's Ferry
What are the group of states called that supported slavery and did NOT believe in secession?
What are Border States
What were the 4 terms of the Compromise of 1850?
What are
1. California admitted as a free state
2. Utah and New Mexico open to slavery based on popular sovereignty
3. Slave trade banned in Washington D.C.
4. Fugitive Slave Act passed
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
What is to unite the country and finish off the war after a very deadly battle.
Which Union victory ended Confederate General Lee's attempts to invade the North