Period 1 Events leading to the Civil War

Using pages 372 - 375 on your Texas History textbook, match the dates to their events.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

Abraham Lincoln wins the presidency

Compromise of 1850

Texas joins the United States

Dred Scott decision

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Missouri Compromise

John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry

Mexican American War

Confederate States of America

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Match the event to its description

• Line separating slave and free states

• Missouri Compromise

• Conflict started over disputed territory

• Annexation of Texas

• Included the Fugitive Slave Act

• Mexican American War

• Texas became the 28th state in the U.S.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Anti-Savery novel

• Compromise of 1850

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Match the events to their description.

• Country created by the southern states

• Confederate States of America

• Sates would vote on the issue of slavery

• Kansas- Nebraska Act

• goal was to provoke a slave revolt

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• Abraham Lincoln won the presidency

• Election of 1860

• Decision: African Americans not citizens

• Dred Scott Supreme Court decision

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

d

American Revolution

Manifest Destiny

Popular Sovereignty

Civil War

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8.8B

What territory was ceded by the Mexican government under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?

• sectionalism
• free enterprise
• patriotism 
• consumerism

Which title best completes the diagram?

• Key Events of the Civil War
• Causes of the Civil War
• Individual Rights during the Civil War
• The Nullification Crisis