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Steps to the Civil War Quiz Study Guide
I. Important Vocabulary
tariff
agriculture
manufacturing
popular sovereignty
nullification
rural
states' rights
secession
union
confederacy
urban
compromise
_________compromise_______both sides give up something to reach an agreement
________ manufacturing_____ creating lots of something in a factory
_________agriculture________ growing crops to sell at market
_________union_____________states that stuck together; Union = North
________ confederacy________states that broke away; Confederacy = South
________ tariff_______________a tax on imports to protect local business
________ states' rights________belief that states are more important than the nation
________ nullification_________when a state chooses to ignore a national law
________popular sovereignty __the people have the power to decide
________ secession__________breaking away from a country
________ urban_____________ lots of cities; people live close together
________ rural_______________lots of farms; people live far apart
II. North vs. South
Write N next to words that describe the North. Write S next to words that describe the South.
_S_ agricultural!
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_N_ "Yay, tariffs!"! !
_S_ slavery!!
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_N_ Factories
_N_ Abolition!
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_N_ urban! !
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_S_ "Boo, tariffs!"! !
_N_ cities!
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_S_ states' rights! !
_N_ manufacturing!
!
_S_ nullification!
_N_ Union
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_S_ Plantations!
_S_ Confederacy! !
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_N_ Strong Central Government
_N_ Believed the nation could not be divided!
_S_ Believed that because they joined freely they could leave freely!
_S_ rural
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III. Step To The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Compromise of 1850
John Brown
Fugitive Slave Law
Nat Turner
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott
Fort Sumter
Missouri Compromise
Jefferson Davis
_______ Dred Scott__________ He was a slave who tried (unsuccessfully) to win his freedom in
the Supreme Court.
____ Compromise of 1850____ This compromise solved the California issue and brought popular
sovereignty to the desert.
___________________________ This was the site of the first shots of the Civil War, as the
Confederate army attacked the Union army off the coast of S.C.
_______ Nat Turner__________ This slave led a bloody rebellion in which many white men, women
and children were killed. His actions scared people in the South.
____ Harriet Beecher Stowe___ _This abolitionist wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin and was called "the little
lady who started this great war."
_____Fugitive Slave Law______ This law allowed people in the South to send bounty hunters to
recapture runaway slaves in the North.
_____John Brown____________ This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry, trying (unsuccessfully)
to bring a violent end to slavery.
___________________________ He was the president of the Confederacy and moved the
Confederate capital to Richmond.
__ Kansas-Nebraska Act_______This law allowed people in these territories to choose whether to
allow slavery and led to a bloody fight.
___ Missouri Compromise______This compromise kept a balance between slave and free states
and drew a line dividing the Louisiana Purchase.
____ Abraham Lincoln_________ This person's election as president in 1860 was the last straw for
the South, pushing several states to secession..