Unit 12 Test - Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

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

• secession
• states' rights
• slavery
• sectionalism

Causes of the Civil War

To break away from the Union, like South Carolina.

• secession
• states' rights
• slavery
• sectionalism

Causes of the Civil War

Involuntary servitude, supported by the South & banned in the North.

• secession
• states' rights
• slavery
• sectionalism

Causes of the Civil War

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

• secession
• states' rights
• slavery
• sectionalism

Events that led to the Civil War:

Where was the first official battle of the Civil War?

• Ft. Sumter
• US Constitution
• Abolitionist Movement
• Missouri Compromise
• Election of 1860

Events that led to the Civil War:

This document includes the 3/5th Compromise & was written by our Founding Fathers.

• US Constitution
• Ft. Sumter
• Abolitionist Movement
• Missouri Compromise
• Election of 1860

Events that led to the Civil War:

People who wanted to end slavery completely and the number of people who didn't believe in slavery grew

rapidly.

• Abolitionist Movement
• Ft. Sumter
• US Constitution
• Missouri Compromise
• Election of 1860

Events that led to the Civil War:

This included four candidates; the winner was Abraham Lincoln

• Election of 1860
• Ft. Sumter
• US Constitution
• Abolitionist Movement
• Missouri Compromise

Events that led to the Civil War:

This drew the 36"30' line across the US and allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

• Missouri Compromise
• Ft. Sumter
• US Constitution
• Abolitionist Movement
• Election of 1860

Events that led to the Civil War:

Voters would decide by popular sovereignty to be free or slave in their territory & repealed the Missouri Compromise.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Fugitive Slave Act

• Bleeding Kansas

• Dred Scott Decision

• John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry