Unit 8: Civil War & Reconstruction

Before the Civil War, The South was:

• Pro-Slavery
• Anti-Slavery
• The Union
• More populated than North

This legislation brought California in as a free state, and also created Utah and New Mexico. The Fugitive Slave Act was included in this legislation, as well:

• Compromise of 1820

• Compromise of 1850

• Dred Scott Decision

• Fugitive Slave Law

To break away from, or withdraw from something

• Abolish
• Secede
• Repeal
• Compromise

Before the Civil War, the North was:

• Weak
• Anti-Slavery
• Pro-Slavery
• The Confederates

What was the goal of many laws Congress passed in the lead-up to the Civil War?

• To persuade citizens to elect Lincoln as President

• To restrict new states from joining the country

• To persuade the Confederacy to return to the Union

• To balance power between the North and South

Which detail shows that the US had violated the statement that "all men are created equal"?

• The Civil War tested our nation like nothing before

• Four million people were enslaved in America in 1860

• Southerners were scared to lose their power as the nation grew

• Six southern states seceded from the nation after Lincoln was elected

What was the central conflict that led to the Civil War?

• The debate about the South's secession

• The founding on the Republican party

• The implementation of Constitutional rights

• The issue of slavery

What is the idea that people are loyal to the region where they live rather than their country as a whole because of the differences in economics, social beliefs, and geography?

• State's Rights

• Sectionalism

• My Area is the Best

• Emancipation

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

• Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it

• Most Texans did not own enslaved people so it did not have an influence.

• Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy

• Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade