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Civil War Causes
| Description | Event/Person |
|---|---|
| This man sued his owner. | Dred Scott |
| This was the line in the Missouri Compromise | 36*30 |
| Missouri was admitted as a... | Slave state |
| Maine was admitted as a... | Free state |
| The Missouri Compromise was a cause of the war because... | It continued the status quo and created a larger divide between Free and Slave States |
| California was admitted as a Free state in the... | Compromise of 1850 |
| New Mexico and Utah used ___ ___to determine the issue of slavery | Popular Sovereignty |
| ___ ___ was ended in Washington, D.C. | Slave Trade |
| A harsher version of the __ __ __ was enforced | Fugitive Slave Act |
| The Compromise of 1850 was a cause because... | The North gained power and the status quo is broken. |
| This book depicted the reality of slavery. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin caused... | An emotional response that created a culture shift, growing the abolitionist movement. |
| Overturned the Missouri Compromise | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act said people could chose slavery or not, called... | Popular Sovereignty |
| People in Kansas couldn't decide slavery or no slavery, so they broke into fighting called... | Bleeding Kansas |
| Moved fight over slavery from one of words to one of violence | Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas |
| The Supreme Court said that since Dred Scott and his family were African American, they were... | Not citizens and couldn't sue people. |
| The Supreme Court stated that slaves were only... | Property |
| The Dred Scott Decision was a cause of the war because... | More tension was created and the ruling let slavery go on in any state. |
| This man wanted to create an armed revolt by the slaves. | John Brown |
| John Brown planned to capture... | The Armory in Harper's Ferry |
| Not enough ___ came to help | Slaves |
| John Brown was captured by this man. | Robert E. Lee |
| John Brown is tried and... | Hung |
| John Brown's death was a cause of the war because | It created attention for the abolitionist movement. More radical elements and people were willing to fight for Brown's cause. |
| The Lincoln-Douglass Debates were over... | Slavery |
| Both Lincoln and Douglass wanted... | A seat in the Illinois Senate. |
| The Southern States did not like popular sovereignty or the government telling them what to do. | This was a cause of the war. |
| The debate drew national... | attention |
| Stephen Douglas was a __ __ in the election | North Democrat |
| John C. Breckenridge was a __ __ in the election | South Democrat |
| Abe Lincoln was a __ __ in the election | North Republican |
| John Bell was a __ __ __ in the election | Border Constitutional Union |
| Lincoln won __ of the popular votes | 40% |
| Lincoln won ___ electoral votes | 180 |
| South felt __ after the election | Powerless |
| No one in the ___ voted for Lincoln | South |
| The South is afraid that Lincoln will... | Ban Slavery |