Causes of the Civil War Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the Americans were entitled to settle in the entirety of North America.
What were conflicts we had with Native Americans?
The Trail of Tears and the Seminole Wars
What were problems expansion brought to colonists?
Slavery
What did the Missouri Compromise state?
Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state, and the 36’30” line was drawn.
What were Abolitionists?
People who wanted slavery to be completely abolished.
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
A Treaty Mexico signed to end the Mexican-American War.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
a controversial political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
required citizens to catch runaway slaves.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
act repealed the old Missouri Compromise and allowed states to enter the Union via popular sovereignty.
What were Free Soilers?
farmers that disagreed with Slavery and expanded outward
What was the reason for the Raid on Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown intended to inspire the slaves to revolt, but no slaves revolted.
What did Abraham Lincoln’s presidency make Southerners believe?
Southerners said it showed that their views were not represented and the North was too powerful.
What was the “kickoff” of the Civil War?
Confederates struck Fort Sumter in 1861
