Causes of the Civil War 5 w's

Question 1

Who, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 2

What, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 2

A novel that had massive effects on the attitude and view of slavery in the United States. It was one of the best-selling novels of the century behind The Bible.

Question 3

When, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 3

1852

Question 4

Where, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 4

All over the United States

Question 5

Why, Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 5

It helped to fuel and grow the abolitionist movement in the north. It also outraged many Southerners who viewed it as propaganda and lies. Some of the main themes of the book were the 1) horrors of slavery and 2) Christianity and the immortality of slavery, especially the separation of families. It had a major influence on the way people viewed Slavery.

Question 6

Who, Compromise of 1850

Answer 6

Calhoun, Webster, Clay, and Douglas; senators who set up the Compromise of 1850

Question 7

What, Compromise of 1850

Answer 7

A compromise to make California a free state in the Union (north) the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. (north), and the government would create a stronger law to help capture runaway slaves (south). It caused more use of the Underground Railroad and fined anyone who did not capture a known runaway slave. Also, any more territories received from Mexico would not have slavery abolished in them. (popular sovereignty)

Question 8

When, Compromise of 1850

Answer 8

1850

Question 9

Why, Compromise of 1850

Answer 9

It cooled tensions over the slavery issue for a short period of time, kept the Union together, tipped the balance of power in Congress to the North, California was admitted as a free state, and the Fugitive Slave Law was put into place as the new stronger runaway law.

Question 10

Who, Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 10

Senator Henry Clay introduced the bill

Question 11

What, Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 11

A bill that became law after much debate in the United States Congress. The admission of Missouri as a slave state would give the slave states control over the Senate. Whenever new states were admitted to the Union this controversy arose. This crisis was averted when they admitted Maine to the union to balance out the states, it also banned slavery in Louisiana territories north and west of the state of Missouri. This was done by an imaginary line at latitude 36, 30º.

Question 12

Where, Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 12

Washington DC, critical states Missouri, Former Lousiana territory, Maine.

Question 13

When, Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 13

1820

Question 14

Why, Missouri Compromise of 1820

Answer 14

This act preserved peace between the Slave and free States until it was repealed in Compromise of 1850.

Question 15

Where, Compromise of 1850

Answer 15

California and in Washington D.C. (Congress)

Question 16

Who, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Answer 16

Stephen Douglas, a senator from Illinois

Question 17

What, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Answer 17

An act that said that two territories should be divided and that the people living in the territories could make their own decision whether or not slavery should be allowed by popular sovereignty. This act led to major violence as people flooded into the territories. Proslavery and antislavery people in Kansas and Nebraska clashed. This led to the nickname, “Bleeding Kansas”. Neither state became a free or slave state.

Question 18

When, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Answer 18

1854

Question 19

Where, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Answer 19

Kansas-Nebraska Act: Congress. Bleeding Kansas: Kansas

Question 20

Why, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Answer 20

It temporarily avoided a civil war again, with popular sovereignty being used as a factor to decide whether the states would be free or slave states. The slavery issue is becoming worse and more violent. This is igniting the fire of civil war. It effectively repealed both the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. It also gave rise to the Republican Party in the North.

Question 21

Where, Dred Scott Case

Answer 21

Missouri (where he was originally a slave), Illinois (where he moved with his master), and Washington D.C. (where the Supreme Court case was tried).

Question 22

Why, Dred Scott Case

Answer 22

The Supreme Court basically said that slavery was legal anywhere. Chief Justice Roget B Taney saw an opportunity to end the slavery question for good. He said that even fee blacks could be returned to slavery for their own good because they were so far inferior to whites. Slaves had no rights under the Constitution because they were property, not citizens. Dred Scott had to be returned to the Sandford family as a slave. This made tensions rise and the split in the country worse and helped to grow the abolitionist movement. Allowed slavery anywhere in the new territories and denied citizenship to free African Americans. This ruling struck down the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Question 23

Who, Dred Scott Case

Answer 23

Dred Scott was a slave for the Sanfords (the family that owned him).

Question 24

What, Dred Scott Case

Answer 24

Scott sued for his freedom after his owner had him work in an illegal/non-slave territory. When he came back to Missouri where he originally lived, he sued for freedom because if you are in a freed state, you are free. His owner died and in the will, he was supposed to be returned to the family because he was considered property.

Question 25

When, Dred Scott Case

Answer 25

1857

Question 26

Who, John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry

Answer 26

John Brown was a white abolitionist who wanted to start slave uprisings and end slavery.

Question 27

What, John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry

Answer 27

He murdered pro-slavery supporters in Kansas, and he raided Harper’s Ferry (that’s where the military kept weapons). he hoped that slaves would meet him and take their freedom back by force. He was captured by the marines led by Robert E Lee and hung.

Question 28

Where, John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry

Answer 28

Harper’s Ferry is in Virginia

Question 29

When, John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry

Answer 29

October 16, 1859

Question 30

Why, John Brown’s Raid Harper’s Ferry

Answer 30

The North saw John Brown as a martyr (someone who dies for a worthy cause). The South saw John Brown as a murderer and was appalled that many in the North saluted his actions. This incident was the match that lit the fuse of the Civil War. This was another event that led to the growing of the abolitionist movement.

Question 31

Who, Amistad vs. United States

Answer 31

Amistad Africans, Supreme Court, John Quincy Admas, Cinque

Question 32

What, Amistad vs. United States

Answer 32

The Amistad Africans launch a rebellion aboard the slave ship La Amistad after it departs from Havana, Cuba. The ship is picked up along the coast of Connecticut and a legal battle ensues over who has ownership of the Africans. Ultimately the case makes its way to the Supreme Court and they rule that the Amistad Africans were indeed from Africa not Cuba. Thus they are free becasue enslaving free men from African was illegal in 1839.

Question 33

Where, Amistad vs. United States

Answer 33

Washington D.C., New Haven Connecticut, Havana Cuba, Sierra Leone

Question 34

When, Amistad vs. United States

Answer 34

1839

Question 35

Why, Amistad vs. United States

Answer 35

This case was another lightning rod illustrating the differences between the North and the South. John C. Calhoun threatened secession if the Africans were free although he did not follow through.

Question 36

Who, Election of 1860

Answer 36

Lincoln (Republican), Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), Douglas (North Democrat), Bell (Constitutional Union)

Question 37

What, Election of 1860

Answer 37

The election of the President of the United States 1860. Lincoln won the election, and had more electoral votes and more popular votes than any candidate. Since the race had four main candidates, it allowed Lincoln to got more electoral votes than he would otherwise. Lincoln’s views on slavery at the time of the election were considered moderate. His platform did not include abolition of slavery, but did not want slavery to extend into the territories.

Question 38

Where, Election of 1860

Answer 38

All the states in the United States took part in the election

Question 39

Why, Election of 1860

Answer 39

It was the president that was going to be in office when the civil war breaks out, and his election along with other events lead to the secession of the first 7 southern states.