Causes of the Civil War

Question 1

Factories (S,N)

Answer 1

North

Question 2

Slavery (S,N)

Answer 2

South

Question 3

Central Government (S,N)

Answer 3

North

Question 4

Abolitionists (S,N)

Answer 4

North

Question 5

State Government (S,N)

Answer 5

South

Question 6

Cotton (S,N)

Answer 6

South

Question 7

Plantation (S,N)

Answer 7

South

Question 8

Urban (S,N)

Answer 8

North

Question 9

A novel about slavery which was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It became a bestseller in the North. IT made people start to view slavery as more of a moral problem, not just a political conflict.

Answer 9

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 10

An agreement made between supporters of slaveryin the South and opponents of slavery in the North. The agreement included four parts:

• California was admitted to the Union as a free state
• the slave trade was banned in the nation’s capital
• popular sovereignty would be used to decide the question of slavery in the states created from the Mexian Cession
• a tough new fugitive slave law was put in place

Answer 10

Compromise of 1850

Question 11

This was an agreement created in 1820 to establish and maintain the balance between free and slave states.

Answer 11

Missouri Compromise

Question 12

Popular sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in Kansas Territory and the Nebraska Territory.

Answer 12

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 13

Senator from Illinois who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 13

Stephan Douglas

Question 14

Kansas abolitionist who massacred a pro-slave settlement in Kansas

Answer 14

John Brown

Question 15

Missouri senator that encouraged Border Ruffians to vote in Kansas’s constitutional elections

Answer 15

David Rice Atchison

Question 16

Anti-slavery Kansan who led the 400 person “Army of the North” to move to Kansas

Answer 16

James Lane

Question 17

Anti-slavery Kansans that made raids into Missouri

Answer 17

Jayhawker

Question 18

Pro-slave Missourians that made raids on anti-slavery settlements

Answer 18

Bushwhacker

Question 19

Missourians who illegally crossed into Kansas and voted for slavery

Answer 19

Border Ruffian

Question 20

Nickname given to Kansas due to the violence between proslavery and antislavery forces.

Answer 20

Bleeding Kansas

Question 21

The event in which Missourians crossed into Kansas to vote illegally.

Answer 21

Bogus Elections

Question 22

This event occurred when pro-slave forces surrounded Lawrence cutting off supplies, but departed peacefully after a week.

Answer 22

Wakarusa War

Question 23

This event occurred when John Brown led a small group that slaughtered five pro-slave settlers in a small settlement in Northeastern Kansas

Answer 23

Pottawatomie Creek Massacre

Question 24

During this attack, several sites in a anti-slavery community in Kansas were burned by those supporting the proslavery side.

Answer 24

Sacking of Lawrence

Question 25

Who was Dred Scott?

Answer 25

A slave, sued for his freedom

Question 26

What decision was reached in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

Answer 26

The court said that it was unconstitutional for the U.S. government to prohibit slavery when slaves travel to free-states with their masters. Which was a setback for abolitionists. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves are property.

Question 27

Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry?

Answer 27

John Brown

Question 28

What was at Harpers Ferry that John Brown wanted?

Answer 28

Slaves and guns were on Harpers Ferry.

Question 29

What was John Browns goal on Harpers Ferry?

Answer 29

His goal was to have the slaves rebel against their masters/plantation owners.

Question 30

What was the result of Harpers Ferry?

Answer 30

John Brown was caught by the U.S. marines. He was found guilty of treason and ended up being hung to death.

Question 31

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 31

A republican who won the presidential election in 1860.

Question 32

What events should you connect Abraham Lincoln to (pre-war only) ?

Answer 32

You should connect him with the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln spoke against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Southern Secession.

Question 33

What does secede mean?

Answer 33

To withdraw, quit, or breakaway.

Question 34

What happened at Fort Sumner in South Carolina?

Answer 34

Fort Sumner surrendered, it was taken by the confederacy.

Question 35

Why is Fort Sumner significant during this time?

Answer 35

Fort Sumner surrendering had a big impact on starting the Civil War.