Causes of the Civil War Test

This term means "point of view".

Which of the following is true about the South from the years 1800-1850?

This term means "to leave or withdraw"

This term means "to bring a product into a country to be sold".

This term means "to cancel".

This term describes a large farm that specializes in the production of one or two cash crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.

This term means " a tax on imported goods".

This term means "a movement to end something". When discussing the Civil War, it usually means the movement to end slavery.

This term means "someone who is running away, or escaping".

This term describes a loose union of independent states

This term means "the act of setting free".

This term means " to send goods or services to another country for sale."

This term -- which means "to let citizens vote to decide" -- helped lead to increased conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas before the Civil War.

One reason that the Supreme Court's decision in "Dred Scott v. Sanford" in 1857 was so controversial is that it

Which of the following is true about the North from the years 1800-1850 ?

This person was a famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, making approximately 13 trips into the South to guide escaping slaves to the North and freedom.

This person was a famous Representative & Senator from the state of Kentucky, who helped to negotiate key compromises between the North and the South in the years leading up to the Civil War.

This person fought pro-slavery forces in Kansas, then attempted to start a slave revolt by taking weapons from the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He was seen as a hero by many in the North, and a villain by most of the South.

This person led a two day slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. This rebellion caused the deaths of approximately 60 white people, 50 - 60 African-Americans and sent shock waves of terror throughout the South.

This is the term for laws passed by individual states that clarified that slaves were property of their masters, outlined punishments for slaves who disobeyed their masters and usually stated that it was illegal to teach a slave to read or write.

This newspaper was one of the most extreme anti-slavery newspapers in the U.S. prior to the Civil War. It was popular in the North, though not as popular as the South thought it was. The South was infuriated by this newspaper and saw it as an attack by most Northerners on their way of life.

This event helped to balance the number of free and slave states in the U.S. It also drew a line at Missouri's southern border; all states north of that line would be free states, while all states south of the line would be slave states.

What was the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the slaves from the Amistad?

Why did the South have such a strong, negative reaction to the tarriff passed by the U.S. Congress in 1828 that they called it "the Tarriff of Abominations" ?

This term describes the belief that states had more power than the national government, so they could choose to not enforce national laws they disagreed with.

This event marked the last time that the North and South would be able to reach a major compromise to avoid conflict. It brought California into the U.S. as a free states, and established much harsher Fugitive slave laws. The Fugitive Slave laws required Northerners to help Southerners track down & recapture escaped slaves.

This event took place when pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed in Kansas, fighting to determine if Kansas would be a free state or a slave state.

This term, which means strong loyalty to one region of the country, meant that people felt more loyalty to their individual states/ regions than to the country as a whole.

This is the term used to describe the series of escape routes & hiding places used by enslaved people who were escaping from the South to freedom in the North or Canada.

This person was a leading abolitionist before the Civil War. As the editor of the Liberator, he called for an immediate end to slavery.

1. Select ONE Of the following key events:

*Nat Turner's Rebellion

* The Nullification Crisis of 1832

* Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court Decision

* The Compromise of 1850

* Bleeding Kansas

* John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry

2. Provide a 2 - 3 sentence explanation of the key aspects of the event you selected.

3. Provide a 2 - 3 sentence explanation of the Northern perspective of that event.

4. Provide a 2 - 3 sentence explanation of the Southern perspective of that event.