Social studies 3
Any land that was acquired from Mexico
According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?
Plantation owners not want returned slaves
All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except?
A show of strength in Maryland might convince the state to join the Confederacy.
What did General Lee hope would be the result of sending his troops to fight on Union soil?
It temporarily ended the slavery debate
What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?
The nation was divided over slavery
What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?
was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States
What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
The book inflamed antislavery feelings in the North and increased pressure to abolish the Fugitive Slave Act.
What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
it showed where slavery was allowed and where it was banned.
What was the significance of the 36 ̊30 ́ parallel?
The First Battle of Bull Run was one of the first major battles that resulted in large armies facing one another and serious bloodshed.
What was the significance of the Battle of Bull Run?
South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter
Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?
Abundant natural resources
Which of these was a Northern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
strong military leadership
Which of these was a Southern advantage at the start of the Civil War?
A loss of voting power
Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?
He felt loyalty to his native Virginia
Why did General Lee join the Confederate military?
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
It allowed slavery in new Northern territories
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?
He became known throughout the nation
How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 impact Lincoln's political future?
slaves in Confederate states were free
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared that?
assassinating the Confederate president
The Union's Anaconda Plan included all of the following strategies except