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Civil War Events
The events leading up to the Civil Wat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Missouri enter the Union as in the Missouri Compromise? | A Slave state |
| What does Maine enter the Union as in the Missouri Compromise? | A Free state |
| What was the coordinates of the line in the Missouri Compromise? | 36*30 |
| How did the Missouri Compromise help cause the Civil War? | It helped continue the status quo of keeping free and slave equal. This only creates a larger divide between free and slave states. |
| What does California enter the United States as in the Compromise of 1850? | A free State |
| What were the New Mexico and Utah territories given the right to do in the Compromise of 1850 | Choose whether the wanted to be a Free state or a Slave state (popular sovereignty) |
| What does D.C. do in the Compromise of 1850? | Ban slavery and strengthen the Fugitive Slave Act |
| How did the Compromise of 1850 help cause the Civil War | Ends the status quo of trying to keep free and slave equal. The North ends up with more political power. |
| Who was the author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? | Harriet Beecher |
| What does the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describe? | The hard life of a slave |
| What did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" do? | Evoke emotions to move someone to action for slaves |
| How did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin help cause the Civil War? | It encourages the North to rethink slavery, but it enrages the South |
| What were Kansas and Nebraska allowed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | They were allowed popular sovereignty |
| What did Pro and Anti slavery groups do to try to swing the vote? | They flood to Kansas |
| What do conflicts between the two groups break out into? | Blood shed that is later called "Bleeding Kansas" |
| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act help cause the Civil War? | This is the first time that it turned into a fight with physical violence instead of a fight with words |
| Who was Dred Scott? | A slave that sued his master for his freedom |
| Why did Dred Scott sue his master for his freedom? | He and his master lived for a time in a free state |
| What does the Supreme court decide? | The Supreme Court decides that African Americans are not citizens and that slaves are property and can be taken anywhere |
| How did the Dred Scott decision help lead to the Civil War? | With this decision there are no more Free States |
| Who was John Brown? | An that wanted to violently overthrow the slave system by taking a Federal Armory in H.F. VA |
| Why did John Brown's plan fail? | Slaves did not join him |
| What did John Brown want to take? | The U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry |
| What were both Lincoln and Douglass running for? | Both were running for the Senate seat of Illinois |
| Why did John Brown and Harper's Ferry help cause the Civil War | It made the South nervous about slave revolt |
| What were Lincoln and Douglass running for? | Both were running for the Senate seat of Illinois |
| What question were they debating? | Who could determine a state free or slave |
| What did Douglass say? | Popular Sovereignty |
| What did Lincoln say? | Federal Government |
| How did the Lincoln Douglass debates help lead to the Civil War? | South felt uneasy about both arguments. This debate is known across the U.S. and gets Lincoln fame |
| Who were the four candidates in the Election of 1860? | Stephen Douglass, John C. Breckenridge, Abraham Lincoln, and John Bell |
| Stephen Douglass | Democrat North |
| John C. Breckenridge | Democrat South |
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican North |
| John Bell | Constitutional Union Army Border |
| What were the results of the Election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln wins with only 40% of the popular vote, but he got 180 electoral votes |
| How did the Election of 1860 help lead to the United States? | Not one Southern state voted for Lincoln. Lincoln was not on their ballot. South felt politically powerless. Afraid Lincoln will ban slavery. |
| What were Lincoln and Douglass running for? | Both were running for the Senate seat of Illinois |
| What question were they debating? | Who could determine a state free or slave |
| What did Douglass say? | Popular Sovereignty |
| What did Lincoln say? | Federal Government |
| How did the Lincoln Douglass debates help lead to the Civil War? | South felt uneasy about both arguments. This debate is known across the U.S. and gets Lincoln fame |
| Who were the four candidates in the Election of 1860? | Stephen Douglass, John C. Breckenridge, Abraham Lincoln, and John Bell |
| Stephen Douglass | Democrat North |
| John C. Breckenridge | Democrat South |
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican North |
| John Bell | Constitutional Union Army Border |
| What were the results of the Election of 1860? | Abraham Lincoln wins with only 40% of the popular vote, but he got 180 electoral votes |
| How did the Election of 1860 help lead to the United States? | Not one Southern state voted for Lincoln. Lincoln was not on their ballot. South felt politically powerless. Afraid Lincoln will ban slavery. |
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