Civil War causes notes

What is sectionalism?

Sectionalism is loyalty to a specific region of the U.S. rather than the whole country.

True or false: The South wanted to keep slavery.

True, because slavery was crucial to their economy and way of life.

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Difference between the North and South economies?

The North was industrial while the South relied on agriculture and slavery.

Fill in the blank: The __________ Act allowed residents to decide on slavery.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?

She wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' which highlighted the horrors of slavery.

What event started the Civil War?

The attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, marked the beginning.

True or false: John Brown was an abolitionist.

True, because he believed in using violence to end slavery.

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

It ruled that African Americans could not sue for their freedom.

Who was Frederick Douglass?

He was a former slave who became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

It admitted California as a free state and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.

Question: What was 'Bleeding Kansas'?

A series of violent events in Kansas over whether it would be a slave state.

Fill in the blank: The __________ was a network for escaping slaves.

The Underground Railroad

True or false: The abolitionist movement was only in the North.

False, because there were abolitionists in both the North and South.

What was the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act?

It required citizens to assist in capturing runaway slaves, increasing tensions.