Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction the owner I. Antebellum ruling that slaves were property Agreement Compromise of 1850 American Abraham Lincoln between northern and southern states; admitted President during the Civil War; elected California as a President in 1860 free state and New Mexico and Utah could vote on slavery. Why did Slavery was moving out West slavery become an issue for the North, which This document GA Platform led to the Civil War? stated that GA would remain in the Union as long as the 10a. Alexander Stephens Vice President . North abided of the CSA and the of Reason” “Voice by the Compromise of 1850. 10b. Jefferson Davis President of New political Republican the CSA party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War; 10c. Railroads Replaced Lincoln steamboats; primary transportation for cotton; could belonged to this party travel inland One of the States’ Rights Main Cotton major causes of the American Civil War; belief agricultural (farming) product produced in the that the interests South; the economy of of a state is the south was greater than the interests of the national government. based on this product Forced labor; Slaves 11a. Missouri Compromise Agreement that provided most of the labor in the south during Missouri would be a slave state; Maine would be a Antebellum free State; slavery People who Abolitionist is prohibited North of Missouri’s Southern border worked/fought to get rid of slavery 11b. Kansas became Kansas-Nebraska Act Legal theory Nullification a free state; Nebraska became free after the war; that states had the right to invalidate (not “Bleeding follow) any law they Kansas” believed to be occurred unconstitutional 7a. Secession Seen as a right to overthrow bad government; means to break away II. The Civil War from Slave whose Dred Union Blockade (Anaconda Plan) case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; argued Northern war that he was free strategy; close off southern ports to keep the because he had south from lived in a ; U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of exporting and importing goods
Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction I. Antebellum Compromise of 1850 Agreement between northern and southern states; admitted California as a free state and New Mexico and Utah could vote on slavery. GA Platform This document stated that GA would remain in the Union as long as the . North abided by the Compromise of 1850. Republican New political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War; Lincoln belonged to this party States’ Rights One of the major causes of the American Civil War; belief that the interests of a state is greater than the interests of the national government. Slaves Forced labor; provided most of the labor in the south during Antebellum Abolitionist People who worked/fought to get rid of slavery Nullification Legal theory that states had the right to invalidate (not follow) any law they believed to be unconstitutional 7a. Secession Seen as a right to overthrow bad government; means to break away from Dred Slave whose case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; argued that he was free because he had lived in a ; U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the owner ruling that slaves were property Abraham Lincoln American President during the Civil War; elected President in 1860 Slavery was moving out West Why did slavery become an issue for the North, which led to the Civil War? 10a. Alexander Stephens Vice President of the CSA and the “Voice of Reason” 10b. Jefferson Davis President of the CSA 10c. Railroads Replaced steamboats; primary transportation for cotton; could travel inland Cotton Main agricultural (farming) product produced in the South; the economy of the south was based on this product 11a. Missouri Compromise Agreement that Missouri would be a slave state; Maine would be a free State; slavery is prohibited North of Missouri’s Southern border 11b. Kansas-Nebraska Act Kansas became a free state; Nebraska became free after the war; “Bleeding Kansas” occurred II. The Civil War Union Blockade (Anaconda Plan) Northern war strategy; close off southern ports to keep the south from exporting and importing goods
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