The Origins of the Civil War - Chapter 1 of Louis Masur

"Southerners who supported __________ felt that they had no choice."

The act of withdrawing from the nation.

What state was the first to secede?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Alabama

In the decades following the Constitutional Convention and founding of the United States, some citizens and politicians became increasingly uncomfortable with the institution of slavery. For example, William Cushing wrote, "the idea of slavery is inconsistent with our conduct and Constitution." Thus many "Northern states adopted ____________________ plans: Pennsylvania in 1780, Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1784, New York in 1799..."

• gradual emancipation

• immediate abolition

• compromises and legislative

• military and policy

Most anti-federalists were...

• anti-slavery

• pro-slavery

"In the late eighteenth century, when Americans spoke of their country they still meant their ______, not the nation."

What was the primary purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• To establish a national bank

• To create a new constitution

• To end the War of 1812

• To maintain the balance of power between free and slave states

What was Thomas Jefferson's reaction to the Missouri Compromise of 1820? (and consider why he felt this way)

• Deeply troubled

• Not supportive but understood the need for it

• Supportive but with some hesitation

• Extremely Supportive

"At the time the Missouri crisis erupted..." many politicians were trying to figure out possible solutions about slavery. Some (Jefferson, Monroe, Clay, Webster... and eventually Lincoln to a certain extent) would support the idea of...

• Abolition

• Colonization

• Civil War

• Dividing the Nation in Two

Who was David Walker and what was his significance to this historical era?

• Free African American who was a powerful writer and speaker for abolition

• Influential politician who crafted many of the compromises that went into effect before the Civil War

• Proslavery advocate who pushed for secession earlier than most

• White abolitionist who tried to lead a slave rebellion

"On January 1, 1831 ______(1)______ launched The Liberator, a weekly newspaper that transformed the rhetoric of abolition. No longer was any form of gradual emancipation acceptable. Now, he called for ______(2)______ abolition. Fired by a religious vision of the nation washing its hands of the sin of slavery, and wedded to a literal reading of the Declaration of Independence, he denounced slaveholders as barbaric and inhumane."

• Nat Turner...violent

• Abraham Lincoln...political

• Frederick Douglass...revolutionary

• William Lloyd Garrison...immediate