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  • Causes of the civil war
    Sectionalism, states rights, slavery, secession
  • What is considered to be the “spark” of the civil war?
    Firing on fort sumter
  • 2 advantages for the north in the civil war.
    Railroads, industrial capacity, population, better banking system
  • Define secede.
    To break away from
  • What does the word civil mean in Civil War?
    A war between citizens of the same country.
  • Define Sectionalism
    Loyal to a specific part instead of the whole.
  • Explain the fugitive slave law.
    Allowed southern plantation owners to kidnap their slaves that had escaped to the Northern free states.
  • During the Civil War which region of the country seceded from the Union?
    South
  • Who was president of the confederacy?
    Jefferson Davis
  • Define slave Codes
    Laws that defined the status of slaves and the rights and responsibilities of slave owners.
  • Explain compromise of 1850.
    California = free, divided Mexican Cession in two, slave trade ended in D.C, Fugitive slave law passed, settled boarder between Texas and New Mexico.
  • How long did the Civil War last
    4 years
  • The place where General Lee surrendered to Grant at the end of the civil war?
    Appomattox Courthouse
  • 2 advantages for the south in fighting the civil war
    Knowledge of land, well trained generals
  • Explain the Missouri Compromise
    Main = free, Missouri = slave, 36 30 line north free south slave.
  • Explain Kansas-Nebraska act.
    Allowed states to take a vote to determine if they were going to be free or slave, repealed the Missouri Compromise.
  • Describe “total war”
    Destroying everything in its path!
  • An escape slave is called a?
    Fugitive
  • How did the union prevent the south from trading with Europe.
    Naval plans - anaconda plan
  • Under this government policy the citizens had the right to choose for themselves.
    Popular sovereignty
  • Another word for “to free” is
    Emancipate
  • Immediate cause of the southern states seceding.
    Election of Abraham Lincoln.
  • What piece of legislation did Lincoln pass that would eventually free the slaves?
    Emancipation proclamation
  • What method did abolitionist use to help slaves escape to the north?
    Print, Speeches, Underground Railroad.
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