BINGO: Antebellum
What is the primary cause of the Civil war?
Slavery
What is another name for people who are anti-Slavery?
Abolitionists
Which part of America was mostly Against Slavery?
The North
What is the highest court of the land?
The Supreme Court
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Judicial, Ledislative
Which part of America was largely pro-slavery?
The South
Who said, “A House divided against itself cannot stand”?
Abraham Lincoln
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Douglas favored the idea of _____________, which allows people to decide the issue of slavery, rather than the federal government.
Popular Sovereignty
What court decision reinforced the idea that slavery was legal and could be expanded beyond southern states?
Dred Scott
This abolitionist was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
What year was Lincoln elected president of the United States?
1860
Southern States threatened to ___________, or leave the Union when Abraham Lincoln was elected.
Secede
The new nation formed by the southern states in 1861 was called _________.
The Confederate States of America
What was the name of the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
The Dred Scott court case declared that african americans could not become ___________.
Citizens
What laws were enacted to capture runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Acts
What war ended conflict and a new vast expanse of land was added to the US, intensifying the question of slavery in the new lands?
US-Mexican War
What agreement established California as a free state in exchange for the fugitive slaves laws?
Compromise of 1850
What is another name for people who are anti-Slavery?
Abolitionists
Which abolitionist seized a ferry to try to capture weapons to help the anti-slavery cause?
John Brown
Douglas favored the idea of _____________, which allows people to decide the issue of slavery, rather than the federal government.
Popular Sovereignty
Which fort was attacked in in which started the civil war?
Fort Sumpter
What is the primary cause of the Civil war?
Slavery
Which war was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the South over the issue of Slavery?
The Civil war
A _______is a law breaker trying to escape of runaway.
Fugitive
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A system of homes throughout the North that hid slaves on their way to freedom.
Underground railroad
What does antebellum mean?
What was the main crop produced in the South?
Cotton
What new technology made it cheap and easy to produce cotton textiles?
Cotton Gin
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Judicial, Ledislative
Which part of America was mostly Against Slavery?
The North
What form of government do we have in the US?
Representative democracy
What agreement established California as a free state in exchange for the fugitive slaves laws?
Compromise of 1850
What is the highest court of the land?
The Supreme Court
What is the BEST subject EVER?
History
This abolitionist was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
A _______is a law breaker trying to escape of runaway.
Fugitive
What year was Lincoln elected president of the United States?
1860
The Dred Scott court case declared that african americans could not become ___________.
Citizens
Who said, “A House divided against itself cannot stand”?
Abraham Lincoln
Which abolitionist seized a ferry to try to capture weapons to help the anti-slavery cause?
John Brown
What court decision reinforced the idea that slavery was legal and could be expanded beyond southern states?
Dred Scott
What is another name for people who are anti-Slavery?
Abolitionists
This abolitionist was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
What war ended conflict and a new vast expanse of land was added to the US, intensifying the question of slavery in the new lands?
US-Mexican War