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Civil War Leadup
What were the conditions in the United States in the leadup to the Civil War?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This is an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. | Capitalism |
| This is the term which describes a drastic change of the economy that disoriented and coordinated all aspects of the economy in line with both nations and the world. In general, the primary means of production shifted from the home to factories. | Market Revolution |
| This was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused primarily on securing women's right to vote. | First-wave feminism |
| This was the first formal meeting in which activists discussed women’s rights in 1848. | Seneca Falls Convention |
| The selection of political officials, laws, or other decisions by majority vote of the populace. | Popular Sovereignty |
| The legal ability to vote for women. | Female suffrage |
| This was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. | Compromise of 1850 |
| This was United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel except for Missouri. | Compromise of 1820 |
| This was a territorial organic act that created the territories of two new states; it is more notable for effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise and stoking national tensions over the issue of slavery. | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| This was a series of violent civil confrontations in the Midwest between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in a newly-proposed state. | Bleeding Kansas |
| This was the predominantly Southern party that either favored slavery, or, at least, looked to preserve it. | Democratic Party |
| This was the predominantly Northern and Western party that opposed slavery for one reason or another. | Republican Party |
| This was the white man who attempted to lead a slave revolt by seizing the Harpers Ferry arsenal in Virginia. | John Brown |
| This was the term used to described violent pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. | Border Ruffians |
| This was the term used to described violent abolitionist settlers in Kansas. | Free-Staters |
| This term refers to loyalty to one’s own region or surroundings rather than the nation itself. | Sectionalism |
| This act in 1850 increased the penalties for federal marshals who failed to return escaped slaves. This decision in 1857 declared that slaves were considered property and therefore not afford any | Fugitive Slave Act |
| This decision in 1857 declared that slaves were considered property and therefore not afford any civil or legal rights. | Dred Scott Case |
| This was the event that caused Southern states to begin seceding as they feared Republicans would move to eliminate the institution of slavery. | Presidential Election of 1860 |
| This is the term used to describe the 13 (but effectively only 11) states that seceded from the United States of America. | Confederacy |
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