Unit 9 – Causes of the Civil War U.S. History Review Unit 9 – Causes of the Civil War

Do Now: Take out your review sheet and select 2-3 topics that you would like to go over:

Question 1 What is sectionalism? What are some examples of it that you can think of between the North and the South? How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 promote this?

Question 2: What was the cotton gin and why was it important to the south?

Question 3: Why/how did the southern states justify slavery?

Question 4: What was the abolition movement and hat tactics did they use to achieve their goals?

Question 5: What issue led to the compromise of 1850? What were the terms of this agreement?

Question 6: Why did Dred Scott try to sue Missouri and what was the outcome of his lawsuit?

Question 7: How did the Lincoln-Douglas debates lead to further sectionalism? What arguments were being made by both Lincoln and Douglas?

Question 8: Describe the varying opinions of John Brown. What did he try to do and why were people so divided regarding his actions?

Question 10: What two political parties merged in the mid 1800’s? What happened during the election of 1860? What effects did this election have on the country?

Question 11: Why do some Southerners try to revise history? What arguments to do they make for the South during the Civil War?