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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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?

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