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