Road to Civil War

Question 1

The Constitution says what about slavery?

Answer 1

Nothing!!!

Question 2

Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions 1798

Answer 2

Allowed state rights

Question 3

Louisiana Purchase 1798

Answer 3

Bought northern territories from France

Question 4

Missouri Compromise 1820

Answer 4

11 free states + 11 slave states
Red line exists (south=slave, north=free)
Missouri and Maine

Question 5

Result from Mexican American War

Answer 5

America stole Southwestern land which becomes free states

Question 6

People who traveled to California Gold Rush

Answer 6

Poor people w/o slaves came to get gold

Question 7

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

Answer 7

1. No rival, caused by slavery
2. States rights
3. Sectionalism (N+S were different)
4. Fanatics

Question 8

Compromise of 1850

Answer 8

California became a free state (due to poor ppl in gold rush)

New states use popular sovereignty (citizen majority vote) to decide if they wanted to be free/slaves states

Question 9

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Answer 9

Book written by Harriet Beecher Stove (white lady) about the life of a slave.

Makes people realize the horror of slavery

Starts the war (according to Abraham Lincoln)

Question 10

Kansas/Nebraska Act 1854

Answer 10

No more red line! Popular sovereignty determines free/slave states

Question 11

Bleeding Kansas 1854

Answer 11

People across the US travel to Kansas to vote for free/slave state, causes both sides to fight

Question 12

John Brown

Answer 12

Anti-slave from east coast, kills 5 people during Bleeding Kansas and attempts raid in Harper’s Ferry

Question 13

Sumner Vs. Brooks

Answer 13

Sumner criticized Brook’s uncle Butler

Brooks beats Sumner w/ cane

Brooks quits his job as US senator

Brooks manages to become US Rep despite not being a candidate (and gets sent new canes)

Question 14

The Republican Party

Answer 14

Formed over anti-slavery beliefs

Wanted free soil movement (new states must be free states)

Question 15

The Free Soil Party

Answer 15

Free soil, but not necessarily free men (wanted to stop the SPREAD of slavery)

Question 16

Election of 1856

Answer 16

Republicans say “no more spread of slavery”

Democrats win

Republicans have huge showing in election (more ppl become anti-slavery)

Convincing north is more effective since they have bigger population

Question 17

Dred Scott Decision 1857

Answer 17

Slaves are property, and therefore cannot sue/send cases in court

Question 18

Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas for President 1858

Answer 18

Lincoln (anti slave-expansion) and Stephen (popular sovereignty) competed for a seat in IL state senate

Anti-slave expansion vs Popular Sovereignty became opposing stances on slavery

Question 19

John Brown Raid 1859

Answer 19

starts raid in Harper’s Ferry to provide slaves with weapons for slave insurrection. He gets caught and executed

Question 20

Result of Election of 1860

Answer 20

Lincoln becomes president (despite not candidate)

South Carolina + other states separate from Union and drafts new constitution for Confederate States of America.

Government doesn’t stop them, but Lincoln wants to save the Union with “no compromises”: “My goal is to save the Union

Question 21

List of Border States

Answer 21

Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
West Virginia

Question 22

Year of start of Civil War

Answer 22

1861