Events Leading to the Civil War Flashcards

The North had a growing manufacturing economy with political changes and reform movements, while the South was primarily agricultural, focused on cotton in a plantation system.

Northerners generally supported a Bank of the United States, protective tariffs, federal internal improvements, and opposition to slavery in the territories, while Southerners disagreed.

The primary causes included arguments over federal vs. states' rights, control of the federal government, economic differences, and slavery, with slavery being seen by many historians as the main cause.

<p>Most northerners did not generally sympathize with abolitionists before the 1850s, although some believed slavery was morally wrong and harmful to democracy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Southerners generally supported slavery, arguing it was a historical norm, more humane than northern capitalism, and sanctioned by the Bible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Differences were usually compromised at the federal level, most notably through the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1833.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The war intensified the debate over whether slavery should be allowed in new territories, complicating compromises and upsetting the political balance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>California became a free state, stricter Fugitive Slave Laws were enacted, and slavery in other territories was decided by popular sovereignty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It stirred the conscience of the North and increased anti-slavery sentiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It created territorial governments in Kansas and Nebraska and allowed the issue of slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty, repealing the Missouri Compromise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was formed as a response to the split of the Whig Party over slavery and opposed popular sovereignty and the extension of slavery in the territories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Supreme Court ruled that blacks were not citizens and that Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during the Illinois Senate election.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal hoping to incite a slave revolt, was captured, and became a martyr in the North.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abraham Lincoln won the presidency with a majority of electoral votes while only receiving a minority of popular votes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Territory such as Arizona, New Mexico, and California was added to the U.S. after the Mexican War, raising issues of slavery in these areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A proposal to bar slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico, which was rejected and led to significant debate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An American reformer and abolitionist whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin influenced anti-slavery sentiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The split of the Whig Party over slavery led northerners to seek an alternative party opposing the extension of slavery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Secessionists argued that the Constitution was a compact among states which could be abandoned unilaterally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A government formed by eleven Southern states that seceded from the U.S. from 1861 to 1865.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 16th president of the United States, known for leading the nation during the Civil War and opposing the extension of slavery.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An abolitionist known for his newspaper 'The Liberator' that advocated for immediate emancipation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A former slave and influential abolitionist who spoke out against slavery and published 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An African-American abolitionist known for leading enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A freed slave and prominent abolitionist and women's rights advocate known for her speech 'Ain't I a Woman?'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A former vice president and senator from South Carolina known for advocating Southern rights and states' rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A prominent Whig politician known for his role in crafting compromises related to slavery, including the Compromise of 1850.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The chief justice who presided over the Dred Scott decision, which denied citizenship to blacks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Referring to the period before the Civil War, specifically from 1830 to 1860.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A term used in the South to describe slavery, differentiating it from other forms of forced labor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A network of anti-slavery homes helping slaves escape to freedom in the North.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A law that required escaped slaves to be returned and denied them a right to testify or a jury trial.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The violent conflict over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state, marked by clashes between pro- and anti-slavery factions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The principle that settlers in new territories would decide the issues concerning slavery themselves.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A statement by Douglas during the Lincoln-Douglas debates asserting that Congress couldn't force a territory to adopt slavery against its will.</p> Signup and view all the answers