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Causes of the Civil War & Reform Era Study Guide
Reasons for Immigration/ Migration during the mid-1800s:
Racial-Ethnic-Religious
Groups in the U.S.
Reasons for Immigration/ Migration
Irish
German
Chinese
Mormons
Effects of Art, Literature and Philosophy:
Movement
Unique to
American Culture
Art
Hudson River
School of Art
Art
John James
Audubon
Philosophy/
Literature
Transcendentalism
Summary
Most Significant Fact
Effects of the Second Great Awakening
nd
2 Great
Awakening
Summary:
Resulted in…
Major Reformers and their significance:
Leaders
Which Reform
Movement?
Political or
Social Impact?
Horace Mann
Political / Social
Edgar Allen Poe
Political / Social
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Political / Social
Dorothea Dix
Political / Social
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Political / Social
Susan B. Anthony
Political / Social
John James Audubon
Political / Social
Walt Whitman
Political / Social
Henry David Thoreau
Political / Social
Frederick Douglas
Political / Social
Sojourner Truth
Political / Social
William Lloyd Garrison
Political / Social
Harriet Tubman
Political / Social
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Political / Social
Greatest contribution to their Reform
Movement?
Significance of the Reform Eras -
Education
Reform
Impact on Society:
Impact on Society:
Temperance
Reform
Impact of Politics:
Impact on Society:
Women’s Rights
Reform
Impact of Politics:
Impact on Society:
Abolition
Movement
Impact on Society:
Care of
Disabled Reform
Directions: Complete the chart below. Based on the Region of the United States and the regional
differences that each has, determine the effects/impacts on the economy in the region.
U.S. Regions
Regional Differences
Effects on Economic
Long connecting river systems
Deep harbors
North
Large immigrant populations
South
Fertile lands for growing cash crops
Large slave population
Abundance of minerals and metal ore
West
(gold & silver)
Distanced from both North and South
Less dense population
Directions: Complete the question below by analyzing the information provided in the chart.
Southern
States
Percentage of
Slave Population
in State
Alabama
45%
Georgia
44%
Mississippi
55%
Virginia
31%
Based on the information in the chart, what can we infer about the
Political, Social, and Economic impacts slavery had on southern
states? 4-5 Sentences
Directions: From the list of causes below, determine whether they fit under the category of
Sectionalism, States’ Rights, or Slavery. Some causes can be placed in multiple categories. Pick the
best category for the cause. Answer the S.A.R. when completed.
Causes of the Civil War

Different Regional Economies

Lincoln Douglas-Debates

Kansa-Nebraska Act

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Abolitionist Movement

Dred Scot Decision

Missouri Compromise

Election of 1860

Compromise of 1850

Protective Tariffs
Causes of the Civil War
Sectionalism
States’ Rights
Slavery
Directions: The following are Compromises that Henry Clay helped to negotiate prior to the outbreak of the
Civil War. In each compromise determine what each Region (North and South) had to concede (give up) to the
other.
Missouri Compromise 1820
Summary-
North
South
Compromise of 1850
Summary-
North
South
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Summary-
North
South
Dred Scott Decision
Cause of the Case
Outcome of the Case
Significance of the Case
Directions: Read the quote below and answer the question that follows and complete the cause and
effect chart.
“In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the
Declaration of Independence, show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as
slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as a
part of the people, nor intended to be included in the general words used in that memorable
instrument...They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order,
and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so
far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that [they]
might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for [their own] benefit."
-Chief Justice Robert B. Taney’s
majority decision in the Dred Scott decision
Based on the quote above, what evidence did Supreme Court Justice Robert Taney use to support his
decision denying Dred Scott his freedom?
What effect did the decision made in the Dred Scott v Sanford Supreme Court case have on the
existence of slavery in the United States? Complete the diagram.
Dred Scott
Decision
Dred Scott and
all other slaves
were not
citizens and had
no rights to sue
Missouri
Compromise and
36˚30’ Line
determined
unconstitutional
Slavery in the U.S. was
allowed to...
Directions: Correctly match each to identify the correct Political Party Candidate to their Political Party and their
platform on the slavery issue in the United States. You draw lines or use different colors to match.
Political Parties During the Election of 1860
Political Party Candidates
Belief on Slavery
Political Party
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
What was the impact of the results of the Election of 1860?
Directions: Using the List of Causes of the Civil War, place them in chronological order on the
sequence map.
Causes of the Civil War

Kansa-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

Lincoln v Douglas Senate Debates

Compromise of 1850

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Nullification Crisis

Dred Scott Decision

Fugitive Slave Act

Election of Lincoln 1860

Secession of South Carolina

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry
Missouri
Compromise 1820
Civil War Begins
1861-1865