Causes of the Civil War
This act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether to allow slavery.
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment.
This railroad connected the East and West coasts of the United States.
Transcontinental Railroad.
Harriet Tubman showed this leadership quality while leading enslaved people to freedom.
Courage.
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861.
The Missouri Compromise was important because it tried to maintain what in congress?
The balance of power between free and slave states.
This amendment granted citizenship to people born in the United States.
The 14th Amendment.
The Transcontinental Railroad helped the economy how?
Moving goods faster and cheaper to markets.
What leadership quality did Abraham Lincoln demonstrate when delivering the Gettysburg Address?
Inspirational.
The main disagreement between the North and the South.
Slavery.
The election of this president in 1860 caused concern in the South.
Abraham Lincoln.
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
The 15th Amendment.
Cities like Omaha and Sacramento benefitted economically from what event?
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Women contributed to the Civil War by serving as spies and what else?
Nurses.
The 13th amendment outlawed what practice in the United States?
Slavery.
Sectionalism increased because the expansion of slavery threatened what?
The balance of power in Congress.
What organization was created to assist formerly enslaved people after the war.
Freedmen's Bureau.
American Progress.
The Underground Railroad was successfully led by what woman?
Harriet Tubman.
What happened to travel in the United States once the Transcontinental Railroad was completed?
It became easier and cheaper.
A major cause of the Civil War was disagreement over this right of the states.
After the Civil War, the Union of states was rebuilt during what period?
Reconstruction.
Mark Twain's writing about the Mississippi River reflects America's focus on what?
Settlement of the West.
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
What event in 1860 caused the South to fear losing their power?
The presidential election of 1860.