Civil War

Law in 1820 that prevented slavery north of the 36 degree, 30'N parallel and allowed Maine to enter as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

• Protective Tariff

• Missouri Compromise

• Sectionalism

• Kansas Nebraska Act

Law passed in 1850 that required citizens to catch runaway slaves and return them to the South; judges earned $10 per slave returned to the South

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Protective Tariff

• Missouri Compromise

• Sectionalism

The abolitionist who planned a slave revolt by attacking the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA and was captured and later executed for his involvement in "Bleeding Kansas" was...

• Dred Scott

• Stephen Douglas

• Sam Houston

• John Brown

Which political party was established in 1854 as an anti-slavery party?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Federalist

• Whig

In what year did the Civil War begin with the firing upon Ft. Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina?

• 1836

• 1861

• 1845

• 1876

The act of withdrawing from an organized body is known as...

• Abolition

• Popular Sovereignty

• Annexation

• Secession

"We think they [people of African ancestry] are...not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizen' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States."

The excerpt above is taken from the 1857 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case known as...

• Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dartmouth College v. Woodward

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What were some advantages of the NORTH/UNION during the Civil War?

• North had almost 4 times as many free citizens as the south - 22 million

• Fighting in unfamiliar land

• strong industrial base

• 70% of railroads

• strong navy

What were some advantages of the SOUTH/CONFEDERACY during the Civil War?

• Fighting defensive war

• defending homeland/fighting on home turf

• population of 9 million

• few factories

• strong military traditions

Which side had the following strategies to win the Civil War?

-Block Ports

-Control the Mississippi

-Capture the capitol of Richmond, VA

• The Union (North)

• The Confederacy (South)