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

Missouri Compromise

Dred Scott decision

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Texas joins the United States

Mexican American War

Compromise of 1850

Abraham Lincoln wins the presidency

Confederate States of America

Uncle Tom's Cabin

John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry

Match the event to its description

• Anti-Savery novel

• Mexican American War

• Conflict started over disputed territory

• Missouri Compromise

• Included the Fugitive Slave Act

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Line separating slave and free states

• Annexation of Texas

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

• Compromise of 1850

Match the events to their description.

• goal was to provoke a slave revolt

• Dred Scott Supreme Court decision

• Abraham Lincoln won the presidency

• Election of 1860

• Decision: African Americans not citizens

• Confederate States of America

• Sates would vote on the issue of slavery

• Kansas- Nebraska Act

• Country created by the southern states

• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

d

Popular Sovereignty

Civil War

American Revolution

Manifest Destiny

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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