Civil Study Guide Flashcards
When,where how, what of the beginning of the civil war
When: April 12, 1861
How: Charleston HArbor, first shots fired
Where: Fort Sumter, Federal fort in Charleston Harbor, fired upon
What: North’s reaction: all thoughts people had about using force to side on abolition vanished.
what did the missouri compromise purpose
North: Maine asking union to be a free state
South: Missouri joined union as slave state
balance of power remain the same, Congress drew imaginary 36 30 line across louisiana territory, north of line banned slavery, south of line slavery permitted
Underground railroad
Route above ground to help slaves escape from South, spread from north of canada to south of Mexico
Who was John Brown? What was the goal of John Browns’ raid on Harper’s Ferry arsenal?
White northerner, usd violence to end slavery, killed pro-slavery activist in Bleeding Kansas, raids’ purpose to arm slaves & get slaves to rebel
What was the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case
African American’s aren’t citizens
Scott’s still a slave
Congress can’t ban slavery in any territories, missouri compromise unconstitutional
What was Fugitive Slave Act? How did many Northerns respond to the requirements of the Fugitive Slave Act
Allowed slave owners to catch fugitive slaves and take them back captive. Abolitionist waged propaganda war and interfered when fugitice slaves were captured
After Lincoln was elected president, what conflict occured in SC that marked the beginning of the Civil War began after Lincoln was elected
SC seceded from the Union since slavery wouldn’t expand to western territories. 6 more states follow their lead.
Describe the economy of the North and South. Did the south have a diversified economy prior to the Civil War?
North: Economy based on several industries, textiles, shipping, lumbar, furs and mining
South: BAen on agriculture, cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, indigo
List 3 major factors that led to the civil war
1) Compromise of 1850
2) Kansas Nebraska/Bleeding Kansas
3) Election of 1860 & Sesession
Did DE secede from the Union? Why or why not?
no, b/c DE wanted to stay in the union to be protected by the union when the civil war came about, & be on the winning side since the union could produce resources for the war like arms, and the north had railroads.
Compromise of 1850
North: CA free state, slave trade in DC would be abolished(but slavery is not abolished) to please abolitionist
South: New Mexico and Utah would be come open slave territories, strong fugitive slave law to please slaveholders
Kansas Nebraska Act
Settlers were to enter union as free/slave state
