Intro to the Civil War week of 3/13 to 3/17

Which region had greater railroad mileage?

• North

• South

Which region had larger farm acreage?

• North

• South

Which region had a larger population?

• North

• South

These events established Lincoln as a prominent national figure and solidified his Republican Party’s antislavery platform

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The abolitionists marches on Washington DC

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• The battles at Fort Sumter & Bull Run

U.S. Supreme Court case, where the Court decided that the Missouri Compromise and other legislation limiting slavery were unconstitutional.

• Dred Scott vs. Sanford

• Lincoln vs. Missouri

• Douglas vs. Tubman

• Fugitive Slave Act

This event led to the deaths of more than 50 Virginians and struck fear into the hearts of slave owners.

• The Great Food of Virginia

• Fredrick Douglas Death Squad

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

This compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, admitted Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in the Senate

• Virginia Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Maine Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

This event began as a disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in Kansas.

• Missouri Comrpomise

• Tariff of 1832

• Bleeding Kansas

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

This document repealed the Missouri Compromise and helped to create the Republican Party.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Tariff of 1828

• Tariff of 1832

This compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, DC.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Tariff of 1828