Road to Civil War Study Guide
I. Charts
A. Be able to interpret data from a chart.
II. Vocabulary
A. Know the definitions of the Road to Civil War unit's vocabulary words.
III. Regional and Sectional Interests
A. What were the sectional interests of the north, south, and the west?
IV. Abolition and the Underground Railroad
A. What was Harriet Tubman's role in the abolition movement?
V. Missouri Compromise
A. What event prompted the creation of the compromise?
B. What were the details of the compromise?
C. What impact did the compromise have on the expansion of slavery?
D. Be able to identify the states and/or territories of this compromise on a
map.
VI. Compromise of 1850
A. What event prompted the creation of the compromise?
B. What were the details of the compromise?
C. What impact did the compromise have on the expansion of slavery?
D. Be able to identify the states and/or territories of this compromise on a
map.
VII. Kansas-Nebraska Act
A. What event prompted the creation of the act?
B. What were the details of the act?
C. What impact did the act have on the expansion of slavery?
D. Be able to identify the states and/or territories of this act on a map.
VIII. Dred Scott v. Sandford
A. What were the details of the case?
B. What impact did the case have on the expansion of slavery?
IX. John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
A. What was the goal of Brown's raid?