US History - The Civil War

Yes or No. In the South the number of slaves one has determines not only economic power but political power.

During the War, Lincoln passes the ___________ freeing the slaves

The Confederate States immediately do what 3 things?

Election of 1860. Who is running? Check all that apply

Election of 1856. Democrats needs someone to appeal to the North & South. They run Buchanan who is racist. Does he win?

Abraham Lincoln runs against Douglas for Illinois Senate. What is the outcome? Check all that apply

True or False. The Compromise of 1850 kills the Whig Party in the South.

True or False. The Confederacy did good at the beginning of the war

What does the American Party become known as?

The North starts to believe the idea that the South is trying to expand slavery everywhere. What is this called?

True or False: The Kansas Nebraska Act severly damages the Democratic Party in the North & creates Republican Party

True or False. In the South no state has more than 2 big cities.

Although he is a Democrat, he gets enough votes to win the presidency in 1852?

What two states does Tyler want to bring in as free states?

True or False. In the North all cities are concentrated so it is more urban with a developed and diverse economy.

Seven states seceed and form the

Dred Scott was a slave from MO whose master lived in WI for 6 months. He sued for freedom b/c WI is a free state.

True or False. The Democrats are becoming the party of slavery

As a result of this "civil war" in Kansas, attacks happen in the senate. Check all that apply.

South thinks slavery is settled because of the Dred Scott Case. True or False

The territory of Kansas applies to become a state. Popular Sovereignty applies. What 2 groups pour into Kansas?

Compromise of 1850 did all of the following EXCEPT

What are the advantages of the North?Check all that apply

Who was the Union General that took the city of Vicksburg and got control of the Mississippi River?

Does the Supreme Court rule for or against Scott?

Who is the general of the Southern Army?

True or False. The South's economy is diverse.

What happens as a result of John Brown's raid?Check all that apply

The North has just tried to leave slavery alone but what changes that?

Even though the Republicans are anti-slavery - they just don't want it to go anywhere else. The essentially become

What repeals the Missouri Compromise Line about slavery?

What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe makes slavery look like brutal?

What were 2 big victories for the South?

The Civil War begins at

Lincoln wins and what states seceeds?

What happens to Taylor?

Who makes slavery an issue again by proposing a transcontinental railroad?

Abolitionist John Brown attacks what town and kills the wrong people?

The Kansas Nebraska Act repeals the Missouri Compromise Line and now slave or free is based on

The Deep South is made about the Compromise of 1850 and forms the "Fire Eaters" led by

What does John Brown do in 1859? Check all that apply.

Taylor takes office and must deal with the California problem. What is it?

True or False. The South is angry at Tyler for wanting to make California & New Mexico free states.

The reason it started at Fort Sumter is because

Pro-Slavery forces from Missouri attack the Free Soil Town of

The Civil War is the deadliest in history because-- check all that apply

Southerners believe that northerners are all

What were the two most deadliest battles of the Civil War?

Republicans notice that the American or Know Nothing Party unites people over 1 issue. They choose 1 issue to

Who takes office (vice president) after Tyler dies?

What national holiday celebrates emancipation?

What are the advantages of the South?

The territory ends up with two capitals. Choose 2 and if they were free or pro slavery

True or False. Supreme Court says Africans are property and blacks are inferior.

True or False. Henry Clay who crafted the Compromise of 1850 thinks the problem of slavery is solved.

In the West, what was the North and South fighting for control of?

On the eve of the Civil War, 4 of the wealthiest states are in?

True or False. Some people in the South have a vision of a Southern Slave Empire with Havana as the capital.

True or False. The North loves the Kansas Nebraska Act

What state wanted to Secede but no other states would join them?

True or False. The Southern US is the last stronghold of slavery in the developed world.

What was the political outcome of the Dred Scott Case?

In the election of 1852 what two parties collapse?

Another party rises because of a backlash to the large number of Irish Immigrants. What is the name of this party?