Causes of the Civil War
Causes of the Civil War: Slavery, Sectionalism, _________.
What are States' Rights?
Before the Emancipation Proclamation, this was Lincoln's (and the rest of the Union's) reason for fighting in the Civil War.
What is preserving the Union?
Belief in states' rights, strong support for the 10th amendment, and an economy that depended on cotton production and slave labor. What is the name of this "sovereign" nation?
What are the Confederate States?
This battle marked the beginning of the Civil War in April of 1861. This battle ended in a shocking Confederate victory.
What is Fort Sumter?
Region: ???
Economy: Factories
Contributing Factor: Numerous fast-flowing rivers
What region is this?
What is the North?
The belief that you should be loyal to your region and put your region's interests above your country's.
What is Sectionalism?
After the Emancipation Proclamation, this was Lincoln's (and the rest of the Union's) reason for fighting in the Civil War.
What is ending slavery?
This former U.S. Secretary of War became the first and only president of the Confederate States.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This 1862 battle was the bloodiest single day of conflict in American history. It ended in a Union victory, but Lincoln fired Union General McClellan for allowing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Region: South
Economy: Plantations
Contributing Factor: ???
What factor contributed to this region's economy?
What is fertile soil for cash crops, warm weather?
States have the right to nullify (cancel) federal laws or actions according to the 10th Amendment.
What does this statement support?
What are States' Rights?
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln defined the reason for the conflict as his dedication to the idea that "all men are created equal."
This showed the nation his struggle and fight to maintain the ideals of what historical document?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first Southern slave state to secede from the Union in 1861.
What is South Carolina?
This 1863 battle resulted in a massive Union victory where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River, allowing it to split Confederate territory in half.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Region: West
Economy: ???
Contributing Factor: Metal ores and minerals
What economy did this region have?
What is mining?
The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act. These three congressional acts tried to address what big question?
What is... should slavery be allowed in new states?
At the end of the Civil War, Lincoln and the Union's main priority was to accomplish this goal.
What is to come up with a plan to bring the Confederate states back into the Union?
In the 1840s, the Northeast of the U.S. had an enslaved population of 765. In the South, the enslaved population was over 2,000,000.
This population difference was caused by what factor?
What is the South had an economy that depended on cotton and slave labor, leading to a large population of enslaved people?
This event ended the Civil War in 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, and a plan to bring the Confederate states back into the Union began.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This invention contributed to the expansion of the plantation system by increasing the profitability of slavery.
What is the cotton gin?
This 1850's congressional act forced Northern states to directly participate in slavery by making them capture and return escaped slaves to their owners, increasing tension between the North and the South.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
In 1861, Lincoln addressed Congress and stated that the "States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status... The Union, and not [the States] separately, procured their independence and their liberty."
This quote highlights what key belief Lincoln had about secession?
What is the legal ability of states to secede (leave/exit) from the Union? States could not legally secede from the Union.
This difference between the regions had the greatest impact on the outcome of the Civil War.
What are the economic differences between the Union (North, factories) and the Confederate States (South, agriculture), which allowed the North to manufacture its own weapons?
This ended slavery in the Confederate States, shifted the Civil War's purpose to freedom for all, and encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The potential for new markets. An abundance of inexpensive farmland. The discovery of gold.
These are all economic motives for the U.S. government to issue policies for what?
What is Manifest Destiny?