The US Prior to the Civil War

Congress passed tarrifs on imported goods.

The north had an economy mostly based on industry.

An abolitionist wants to abolish slavery.

Congress passed bans on imported goods.

The Battle of Fort Sumter started the First World War

Congress passed ___________ on imported goods. This helped Northern factories, but caused high prices in the South.

The Dred Scott case made the arguments over slavery better

occurred when Congress allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine enter as a free state

The south had the bigger population

life as a slave was described in this book

Sojourner Truth was an escaped slave who spoke out against slavery

The North has an economy mostly based on _____________.

part of the Northern Democratic Party he did not want slavery to be expanded

stated territories could choose whether to allow slavery or not

Harriett Becher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Supreme Court decided that slaves were property no matter where they lived in the Dred Scott Case

Most Southerners lived in rural areas.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the two territories the right to choose slavery or not

Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad

With the Battle of Fort Sumter, ______________ had now begun.

In the Dred Scott Case the Supreme Court decided that slaves were not property if they lived in a nonslave state.

The South's economy was based on ______________.

Escaped slave who spoke out against slavery

part of the Republican party said he did not want to abolish slavery, but they did not want it to spread

Who won the presidental election of 1860

an abolitionist newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison

Sojourner Truth was an abolotionist who also brought attention to the need women's rights

The North had the bigger population

abolitionist who also brought attention to the need for women's rights

led slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad

Uncle Tom's Cabin decribed the life of an abolitionist

John Brown’s actions at Harper’s Ferry made southerners fearful that other abolitionists would start rebellions as well

North was considered rural

Compromise of 1850 stated territories could choose whether to allow slavery or not

South was considered rural

John Brown attacked the Army post at ____________, Virginia and tried to start a slave rebellion.

Frederick Douglas was an escaped slave who spoke out against slavery

One of the results of the Dred Scott case was that he would be given his freedom

John Brown wanted to start a slave rebellion

The Missouri Compromise occurred when Kansas entered the Union as a slave state and Nebraska enter as a free state

The south's economy was mostly based on agriculture.

The Supreme Court decided that slaves were property no matter where they lived in the ______________ case.

Most Southerners lived in __________ areas

With the Battle of Fort Sumter, the Civil War had now begun.

Slavery was allowed in the South but not the North

The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the two territories the right to

The Liberty was an abolitionist newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison