The Southern states wanted the Federal government to have all the power and make all the laws.

_____ was the President of the Confederate States of America, in the South from 1861-1865

The idea that each state had the right to determine whether or not to follow federal laws, or even to secede from the Union.

Which compromise allowed Kansas to choose if it was a free or slave based on popular sovereignty?

What law made it illegal for people in any state to support escaped slaves?

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruled that living in a free state did not entitle a slave to their freedom. The court argued that, as someone's property, a slave was not a citizen and could not sue.

April 12th, 1861- Confederate soldiers firing on this fort initiated the Civil War.

List three long standing causes of the Civil War. (pick 3!)

Law passed that gave North and South part of what they wanted. California admitted as free state, slave trade abolished in DC, and new fugitive slave law passed; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas

Who fought the North in the American Civil War?

_____ was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?

People aligning themselves more with the region of the country they live in rather than the nation as a whole.

_______ was President of the U.S. from 1861-1865.