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Civil War Test
Question | Answer |
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Why did the invention of the cotton gin cause a rise in slave labor? | There was a higher demand for cotton, making a higher demand for slaves. |
What year was the republican party formed and why? | 1854. In opposition to the extension of slavery into new territories. |
What was the Dred Scott decision and how did it affect slaves in the U.S.? | The government decided slaves were property, so it affected slaves by allowing their owners to take them north. |
What are the major differences in the northern and southern economies? | The south was agricultural (Relied on slaves, cotton, and tobacco) The north was industrial (Factories, farm production, and fishing) |
How did Uncle Tom's Cabin create empathy for southern slaves? | It showed people how slaves were treated, allowing people to experience the same emotions as the slaves. |
What commonly used argument from the 1800s did John Brown use in his last speech to argue against slavery? | God wants _______. To follow the "Higher Law" |
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to? | Republican |
Why did the election of Abraham Lincoln cause southern states to secede? What did Lincoln promise? | The south feared Lincoln would create a federal law to abolish slavery. Lincoln promised he would not allow any new slave states. |
What is the "moral law' or "higher law"? | What god wants/ gods "laws" |
Did Texas agree with the idea that people should follow a "higher law" than the constitution? | No- Texans complained that Northerners were following the higher law and not the constitution. |
What complaints did the South have about the North? | The North has made the South poor with tariffs, they are killing southerners, not enough representation in congress, refuse to give south money, and they are helping slaves rebel. |
Which famous Texan refused to support Texas secession? | Sam Houston- believed the south would lose the war because the north had too much power. |
When Texas seceded from the union, what did they join? | The confederacy |
Eli Whiney's Invention of the Cotton Gin _______ | 1793 |
Missouri Compromise _____. What was the outcome? | 1820. The north did not have slaves, the south did. |
John C. Calhoun and the "Tariff of Abominations" ______. What was the outcome? | 1828. The slave states relied on the cotton industry and were forced to pay more for the products they didn't provide. |
Nat Turner Revolt ______. What was the outcome? | 1831. After his rebellion, stricter "slave codes" were enforced. |
Compromise of ______. What was the outcome? | 1850. Territories in the Mexican Cession voted for slavery. |
Uncle Tom's Cabin ______. What was it? | 1852. It is a book about the horrific life of a slave. |
Kansas-Nebraska act ____. What happened? | 1854. Kansas and Nebraska were supposed to be free states, but congress instead enforced popular sovereignty which erupted violence. |
When was the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision decided? | 1857. |
John Brown's Raid Harper's Ferry______. | 1859. John Brown +50 men raided a federal arsenal in Virginia, planning on arming southern slaves. He failed. |
Election of ______. | 1860. 11 southern states tried to secede from the U.S., but Lincoln stopped this because the U.S. is perpetual, meaning he thinks the U.S will be one forever. |
The Civil War started in _____ and ended in _____. | 1861, 1865 |
Fought mainly over the issue of _______ | slavery |
Northern States= the _____ (mostly republicans) | union |
Southern States= the _____ (mostly democrats) | confederacy |
Who was the Confederate president in the 1860s? | Jefferson Davis |
Who seceded first: South Carolina or Texas? | South Carolina |
What did Sam Houston oppose? | Texas seceding |
Texas Seceded with the ______ | Ordinance of Secession |
When did Texas secede from the union? | Feb. 23, 1821 |
What exact day did the civil war start? With what battle? Where? | April 12, 1861. Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. |