A new birth of freedom - the Civil War + its aftermath Flashcards
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what made the North richer than the South
6x more factories
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the south economy based on
cotton and 4 million slaves
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
examples of people fighting against slavery in the north
The Liberator + National anti-slavery society
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
how many members of the National Anti - slavery society in 1838
250,000
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who are the people called that were against slavery in the north
abolitionists
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who ran the ‘Underground Railroad’ + who were they
Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglaass
- escaped slaves
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the Clay Comprimise
1850
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the Clay Comprimise
california was free
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what was the Fugative Slave Act
return of runaway slaves from the North
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did the 1854 Kansas - Nebraska act allow
these states to choose thier position on slavery
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did Pres. Buchanan do
helped save plantations in Kansas- Nebraska
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
what did the Dred Scott case mean
blacks not US citizens
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the Dred Scott case
1857
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
when was the republican party set up
1854
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who was the republican party set up for
factories and farmers who wanted land in the West
Slavery + the causes of the Civil War
who lead the republican party
Abraham Lincoln
Decent into Civil War
when did Lincoln win presidency
1860 election
Decent into Civil War
what did Lincoln promise when he won the election
free land to settlers in the West and to oppose expansion of slavery
Decent into Civil War
who first voted to secede from the union
South Carolina
Decent into Civil War
fwhen did south carolina vote to secede from the union
November 1860
Decent into Civil War
who formed the Confederacy
South Carolina + 6 other states
Decent into Civil War
who did the Confederacy choose as president
Jefferson Davis
Decent into Civil War
what did the Confederacy do in April 1861
attack Union - held Fort Sumter
Decent into Civil War
who did the border slave states join
confederacy / union
North to defend the Union