Unit 12 Study Guide Review

Match the Causes of the Civil War:

• Slavery

• The belief that a state has the right not to follow a federal law if they oppose it.

• Sectionalism

• To break away from the Union.

• States' Rights

• Involuntary servitude.

• Secession

• Loyalty to a part of the country as opposed to the whole country.

Events that led to the Civil War:

This case ruled slaves could not sue & Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

• Dred Scott Decision

• Marbury v. Madison

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

Events that led to the Civil War:

The creation of the party who's slogan was: Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor & Free Men!

• Free Soil Party

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

Events that led to the Civil War:

Voters decide by popular sovereignty to be free or slave; repealed Missouri Compromise.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Fugitive Slave Act

Events that led to the Civil War:

This event included four candidates; the winner was Abraham Lincoln.

• Election of 1860

• Election of 1856

• Election of 1864

• Election of 1852

Events that Led to the Civil War:

The growth of this Anti-slavery group.

• Abolitionist Movement

• Industrial Revolution

• Manifest Destiny

• Gold Rush

Events that led to the Civil War:

This party was formed by Free Soilers, northern Dem. & Anti-slave Whigs; goal – stop the spread of slavery.

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Liberty Party

• Constitutional Union Party

Events that led to the Civil War:

The first official battle of the Civil War was called?

• Battle of Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

Events that led to the Civil War:

This event drew the 36°30 line across the Louisiana Purchase & kept the balance of free & slave states

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Decision

• Fugitive Slave Act

Events that led to the Civil War:

This event allowed CA to enter as free state, ended slave trade in Washington, DC, & Included Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act