Causes of the Civil War

Front

What is the word that describes the North and South being very different and wanting very different things?

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Sectionalism

Front

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

Back

Create balance between slave and free states

Front

What did the 36'30 line represent?

Back

No slavery allowed above it

Front

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Back

Allowed People to vote if Kansas and Nebraska were free or slave

Front

What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on Northerners?

Back

Increased their desire to end slavery

Front

What was the "final straw" that led to Southern states leaving (seceding) the United States?

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Election of 1860

Front

Why did the South dislike Lincoln?

Back

He wanted to contain slavery where it was

Front

Lincoln's goal(s) for his presidency was to:

• Preserve the union
• Outlaw Slavery
• Allow Slavery to spread throughout the US
• Contain Slavery where it was

Back

Contain Slavery where it was

Front

Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?

Back

Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit.

Front

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became free or slave?

Back

popular sovereignty