Social Studies - Chapter 16: Toward Civil War

True or False: An arsenal is a storage site for weapons.

True

True or False: For the North, the primary goal was to preserve the Union.

True

True or False: Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri had close ties to both the Union and the Confederacy.

True

True or False: The American Party grew quickly due to its anti-immigrant views.

True

True or False: The Know-Nothings chose Millard Fillmore as their candidate in the 1856 presidential election.

True

John Brown

Violent abolitionist.

The Wilmot Proviso called for

banning slavery in any lands the U.S. acquired from Mexico.

The South expected supported from Britain and France because these two European nations relied on the South for

cotton

From where did most Confederate and Union soldiers come?

farms

Even though his name was not on the ballot in most Southern states, Lincoln was elected U.S. president because the North was more ?

popular

After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of ?, or withdrawing from the Union.

seceding

The issue of ? created a break in the Democratic Party during the 1860 presidential election.

slavery

What concept did secessionists use to support their views?

states' rights

Lincoln and ? other candidates ran for president in 1860.

three

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

Attack on Fort Sumter

Which term refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote?

Border Ruffians

What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country?

Civil War

Dred Scott, Harpers Ferry, Lincoln-Douglas or Missouri Compromise: Which relates to a Supreme Court decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?

Dred Scott

What was the one of the main advantages of the South?

Excellent military leaders

True or False: An efficient railway network was one of the South's strength.

False

True or False: For the South, the primary aim of the war was to preserve slavery.

False

True or False: Lincoln believed slavery was moral.

False

True or False: Pro-slavery groups considered John Brown a martyr.

False

True or False: Slavery was banned in the border states.

False

What was the third state to secede from the Union?

Florida

Comprimise of 1850

Included the Fugitive Slave Act.

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

John Brown

In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time?

Kansas

What accusation did Douglas make against Lincoln?

Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.

What was the most vital border state for the Union?

Maryland

"Bleeding Kansas"

Name used in 1856 newspaper stories about events in Lawrence, Kansas.

What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

Popular Sovereignty

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Put the issue of slavery to popular vote.

White Southerners feared that the 1860 victories by Lincoln's ? Party would result in slave revolts.

Republican

Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers join together to form?

Republican Party

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina

36° 30' North Latitude

The line that marked the division between slave states and non-slave states.

Lincoln was largely unknown before which election?

1858 congressional election