Slavery Tension
Plantations grew cotton using enslaved labor in states like...(name 2)
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
How did the Fugitive Slave Law impact all African Americans, both enslaved and freed? Triple points
Not only were runaway enslaved people at risk of being captured and sent back to the south but also Free African Americans could be kidnapped and thrown into slavery.
What did the South threaten to do If Abraham Lincoln was Elected?
Secede (to leave) from the Union
What was Dred Scott's reason for suing for freedom?
Dred Scott sued for his freedom because he and his wife had lived for years in free states and free territories where slavery was illegal.
The Civil War took place between the years of? and between who?
1861-1865, the Union(north) and Confederates(south).
The South developed a _________ system that was labor intensive.
Plantation
What did the Missouri Compromise do for Missouri and Maine?
Missouri was added as a slave state and Maine a free state.
How many Southern States seceded from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln?
7
Conscription Act of 1863 did what?
Established the first national Draft system and required registration by every male citizen and immigrant who had applied for citizenship between the ages of 20 and 45.
When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
Abraham Lincoln's main goal was to unite/restore the Union.
Explain two different ways slaves resisted slavery.
Working slow, Sabotaging: Damaging or misplacing tools, pretending to be sick, escaping or poising their owners, etc
In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854, popular sovereignty(people choose) was proposed as a way to
Allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery
Double Points: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address reflected ideas from the Declaration of Independence in that it mentioned
Valuing liberty, equality for all, and democracy(peoples voice matters, voting).
Why did many Irish immigrants target African Americans during the draft riots?
They. competed for the same low paying jobs, African Americans were not included in the drafts so Irish Immigrants were angry with that,
How did the Actual Civil War begin? What actions took place?
When Confederate's started firing their guns on Fort Sumter.
What was the main cause of the Civil War? Triple Point
The expansion of slavery into new territories create a divide in the Union(USA).
This law established the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, giving the settlers of each territory the right of popular sovereignty (citizens choose) to decide on the issue of slavery.
Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854
No one can be kept from voting because of race, color, or former enslavement, according to the
Triple Points
Fifteenth Amendment
Why did many people criticized the draft laws?
the law provided an exemption for those who could pay a $300 fee. The rich people benefited from this law.
Fill in the Blanks: Triple Points
The Emancipation ___________ was a statement, issued by President Lincoln in 1863 declaring that all _________ people held as slaves in the ________ states were ______.
Proclamation, enslaved, Confederate, free
What is the time before the Civil War called?
Antebellum period
This idea overemphasized loyalty to a specific region of a country rather than to the country as a whole.
Sectionalism- Triple Points
Which of the following made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the nation?
The 14th Amendment
Double Points- How did the Dred Scott decision change the treatment of African Americans, and why did this decision have such a powerful impact on their lives?
It took away the rights of all African Americans making slavery nationwide. African American's could not sue in the courts so they could not fight for their freedom.
This battle of the Civil War was referred to as a major turning point?
The Battle of Gettysburg