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Civil War Causes
Study guide for Causes of the Civil War Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Northern Economy | was dependent on factories. People moved to urban areas from farms to work in the factories. |
| Southern Economy | was agrarian (agricultural). There were more farms in the South than in the North. |
| Cotton Gin | was invented by Eli Whitney. It made cleaning picked cotton easier and increased production. As a result planters bought more land and slaves. |
| Sectionalism | An feeling of loyalty toward a particular region. Sectionalism increased because of tariffs and slavery |
| Abolitionist Movement | The anti-slave movement. Free black and white men and women fought to end slavery. Many wrote and spoke against slavery |
| Sarah and Angelina Grimke | Daughters of a Southern plantation owner, they joined the abolitionist movement. Angelina wrote a pamplet entitled "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South" |
| Sojourner Truth | This escaped slave was an abolitionist and women's rights activist. Her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" was delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention. |
| Frederick Douglass | He escaped slavery and became a famous abolitionist writer and speaker. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | He published a newspaper called "The Liberator" |
| Harriet Tubman | An escaped slave who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. |
| Harriett Beecher Stowe | She wrote a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin. It highlighted the cruelty of slavery |
| Underground Railroad | A series of routes and hiding places to help slaves escape the South. It lead to the North, Canada, Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean. |
| The Fugitive Slave Law | This law stated that runaway slaves must be returned to their owners. |
| Dred Scott | Sued for his freedom. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The SCOTUS ruled that he and all slaves were property and had no rights. |
| John Brown | led an attack on Harper's Ferry, VA. He hoped to start a slave rebellion with his actions. |
| The Missouri Compromise | admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state and established an imaginary line across the US. Slavery was to be allowed only South of the line. |
| The Compromise of 1850 | admitted California as a free state and made selling slaves in Washington, DC illegal. It also allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide for themselves whether to be free or slave and contained the Fugitive Slave Law |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act | Passed in 1854, this law granted popular sovereignty to two new territories wanting to be states. It allowed slavery north of the imaginary line established by the Missouri Compromise. This fact upset abolitionists |
| Election of 1860 | This important election was won by Abraham Lincoln. The South seceded, or left, the Union as a result |
| "The Union as it is and the Constitution as it is!" | John Bell campaign slogan |
| "A House divided against itself cannot stand..." | Abraham Lincoln quote |
| "The government can endure forever...each state having the right to [ban]...or [keep] slavery just as it pleases." | Stephen Douglas quote |
| Candidates in the Election of 1860 | Republicans - Abraham Lincoln Northern Democrats - Stephen Douglas Southern Democrats - John Breckinridge Constitutional Unionists - Tennessean John Bell |
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