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Causes of the Civil
The 8 major things that caused the Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Missouri Compromise 1st thing it did | Made Maine a free state |
| The Missouri Compromise 2nd thing it did | Made Missouri a slave state |
| The Missouri Compromise 3rd thing it did | It prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line. |
| The Missouri Compromise How it caused the civil war | It continues the status quo (way thing have been done and will always be done. not changing) of keeping free and slave states equal. This only creates a larger divided between free and slave states. |
| Compromise of 1860 1st thing it did | It prohibited any slave trade in Washington D.C. |
| Compromise of 1860 2nd thing it did | Made California a free state |
| Compromise of 1860 3rd thing it did | New Mexico and Utah territories were given popular sovereignty (power to chose free or slave) |
| Compromise of 1860 How it caused the Civil War | Ends the status quo of trying to keep free and slave equal. The North ends up with more political power. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin 1st thing it did | The purpose was to evoke emotions to move someone to action for slaves. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin Who wrote and what was it about? | The book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and describes the hard life of a slave. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin How it caused the Civil War | It encourages the North to rethink slavery, but it enrages the South. It enraged them because the book only told the worse things that could happen to a slave, but not things that happened often. only ¼ of the south owned slaves. |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1st thing it did | Allowed Kansas and Nebraska to have popular sovereignty |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act What happened because of popular sovereignty? | Pro and anti-slavery groups flooded Kansas to swing the vote. |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act What happened as a result of everyone coming to Kansas? | Conflicts between the two groups breaks out into blood shed. “Bleeding Kansas” |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act How it caused the Civil War | A shift from a fight with words to a fight with physical violence. |
| The Dred Scott Decision What was it? | A slave (Dred Scott) went to trial to sue his master for freedom. |
| The Dred Scott Decision Why did he want to sue his master? | He and his master lived for a time in a free state. |
| The Dred Scott Decision What did the Supreme Court say? | The Supreme Court decides that African Americans are not citizens, even if they were free blacks. This meant they could not sue in federal court. |
| The Dred Scott Decision If slaves weren't citizens, then what were they? | Slaves are property and can be taken anywhere. |
| The Dred Scott Decision How it caused the Civil War | With this decision, there are no more free states. |
| John Brown and Harpers Ferry What did John Brown plan to steal and why? | John Brown was an abolitionist that wanted to violently overthrow the slave system taking a Federal Armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (arsenal). |
| John Brown and Harpers Ferry Who defeated him and why did he lose? | The slaves do not join him because they believe his plan would fail. He and his 20 men were defeated by Robert E. Lee and his men. |
| John Brown and Harpers Ferry How it caused the Civil War | Although the raid failed, it inflamed sectional tensions and raised the stakes for the 1860 presidential election. Brown's raid helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates What seat in government were they both running for? | Both Abraham and Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglass were running for the Senate seat of Illinois. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates What were the debates mainly about? | The debates were mainly about who could determine a state to be Free or Slave. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates What did each person say about it? | Douglas says that the people should have popular sovereignty. Lincoln says that the federal government should get to decide. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates Why was this good for Lincoln? | Although Lincoln lost the election, these debates launched him into national prominence which eventually led to his election as President of the United States. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates How it caused the Civil War | The south felt uneasy about both arguments. The debate is known all across the U.S. and Lincoln gains his fame |
| Election of 1860 Who were the candidates? What were their regions and parties? | Abraham Lincoln - Republican - north Stephen Douglas - Democrat - north John Breckenridge - Democrat - south John Bell - Constitutional Union - border |
| Election of 1860 What were the results? | Lincoln won with only 40% of the popular vote, but he got 180 electoral votes. |
| Election of 1860 How it caused the Civil War | Not one southern state voted for Lincoln. The south felt politically powerless and were afraid Lincoln will ban slavery. |
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