Civil War flashcards
What did the Compromise of 1850 state?
- Split the Mexican Cession into separate territories
- Texas gives up claim to parts of New Mexico for $10 million
- California enters US as free state
- Slave trade ends in Washington DC
- Fugitive Slave Act, which angered abolitionists
What happened during Bleeding Kansas?
Fighting between anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require people to do?
Required all citizens to capture and return runaway slaves to the South
Made abolitionists angry
What was decided with the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Why was this upsetting to some people?
Stephan Douglas proposed law
Wanted people to be able to vote for slavery or free in territories
This was called popular sovereignty
- people upset because areas were already suppose to be free under Missouri Compromise
What impact did the Dred Scott Decision have on the US?
Slaves were property, not citizens and could not sue for their freedom
Slavery was allowed everywhere, no longer free states
How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates help Abraham Lincoln gain popularity?
What Lincoln said was published in newspapers and pamphlets and sent around to different Northern States.
Lincoln stated the country can not survive half free half slave
Why were people frightened by John Brown’s Raid?
Southern states were worried the North wanted to destroy their way of life
What did Southern states decide as a result of the election of 1860? Why?
Southern states seceded and formed the Confederate states of America
Worried Lincoln would abolish slavery even though he never said he would
Lincoln point of view was for slavery to not spread to the west but stay where it already was
Why was Abraham Lincoln able to win the election of 1860?
The Southern states split their votes between three different candidates
List the border states
- Border states remained part of the Union even though they had slavery
- Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia
Who became President of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
What was the goal of the Union during the Civil War?
Preserve the Union, keep the country together
What was the goal of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Keep their way of life and maintain independence
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the Union and the Confederacy.
Union - Industrialized - can make what they need, more money, more people, navy
Confederacy - Home field advantage- know the land, Best military generals, Fighting for their way of life
What event caused the outbreak of the Civil War?
Confederate army fired on Fort Sumter
