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US History
Homework Packet #6
Part I: Creative Part: Choice one of the following
 Make posters for five vocabulary words related to slavery or the Civil War.
 Draw a map of an imaginary land. Your map should include an island, a peninsula, a strait, a sea and a
mountain range.
 Write a journal entry for Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, William Lloyd Garrison or Harriet Beecher
Stowe.
Part II: Reading. Read Pages 310-312 in The Americans textbook.
Part III: Read the Notes and complete the vocabulary.
PROTEST RESISTANCE AND VIOLENCE
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
1. The ______________________ Law was responsible for Anthony Burns return to slavery.
2. Some Northerners resisted the law by sending endangered African Americans to
____________________________ where they would be safe.
3. The secret network used to help slaves escape was known as the ______________________________.
4. Harriet Tubman suffered from a _______________ injury because a plantation overseer had hit her with a
lead weight.
5. Harriet Tubman made ____________ back to the South and helped ______________ slaves escape.
6. Uncle Tom’s Cabin showed that slavery wasn’t just a political issue, but that it also was a
___________________ issue.
Map on page 313
1. Which slave states had large areas where over 50% of the population was enslaved?
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2.
Which slave states had few areas where over 50% of the population was enslaved?
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3. Name three cities that were destinations on the Underground Railroad.
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4. Why do you think these cities were destinations?
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Civil War and Reconstruction
The South seceded and broke away from the
United States. Four slave states did not
secede. They stayed in the United States.
These states were called Border States.
The Civil War started here at Fort Sumter,
South Carolina.
The Civil War ended here at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia.
Causes of the Civil
1. Sectional disagreements and debates over
tariffs, the extension of slavery in the territories
and the nature of the Union (states’ rights). For
example the South said that they could choose
not to follow certain laws. In 1832, the South
caused the Nullification Crisis when southern
States said they would not follow the Tariff of
1832 law. Andrew Jackson forced the South to
follow the law.
2. Northern abolitionists vs. Southern defenders
of slavery
3. United States Supreme Court decision in Dred
Scott angered many Northerners. Remember:
The Supreme Court said that a slave was
property and didn’t even have the right to sue.
4. Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Northerners read this book
and realized how horrible slavery was.
5. Presidents during the 1850s were not good
leaders and could not keep the country
together.
6. The compromises over slavery in the territories
failed.
7. President Lincoln sent federal troops to Fort
Sumter in 1861 and angered the South.
Major Events
 When Abraham Lincoln was elected president
in 1860, several Southern states seceded. This
means they left the United States to make a new
country which they called The Confederate
States of America. Abraham Lincoln was a
Republican and Republicans were against the
spread of slavery, so these states were worried he
would end slavery.
 Fort Sumter: first battle of the Civil War.
Lincoln sends soldiers and four more states
seceded, including Virginia.
 Emancipation Proclamation was issued after
the Battle of Antietam. This document said
that slavery was now longer allowed in any
Southern state. Slavery was not abolished in the
Border States (Lincoln didn’t want to anger the
border states).
 Battle of Gettysburg: Turning point battle of
the Civil War.
 Appomattox: Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant.
Causes of the Civil War and Major Events
tariffs
abolitionists
Dred Scott case
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
secede
Fort Sumter
Nullification Crisis Battle of Gettysburg
Appomattox
Battle of Antietam
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Emancipation Proclamation
The Supreme Court cases that said that slaves (and all African
Americans) were not citizens and that the Missouri Compromise was
illegal because it took away property rights of slave-owners.
The location of the start of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln sent
federal troops here, which angered southerners and caused four more
states to secede.
To separate from a country
People that were opposed to slavery and worked to end slavery
A book that showed what slave life was liked. Many people read this
book, which caused more support for the Abolitionist cause.
The author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Taxes placed on goods that are imported from other countries. The
South threatened
A disagreement over the Tariff of 1832 when the South said that they
would not follow the law and pay the tariffs. The disagreement ended
when President Jackson threatened to send federal troops to collect the
tariff money.
The place where the Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered
to Ulysses S. Grant.
The battle that came right before Lincoln made the Emancipation
Proclamation.
Frederick Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
The first reading of the Emancipation
Proclamation
Key Leaders and Their Roles
 Abraham Lincoln: President of the US during the Civil
War. He insisted that the Union be held together and he
was willing to fight to bring the South back into the
Union.
 Jefferson Davis: US Senator who became president of
the Confederate States of America (The country the
South made when it seceded.)
 Ulysses S. Grant: Union military commander (general for
the North). He won victories over the South after
several other commanders had failed.
 Robert E. Lee: Confederate general of the Army of
Northern Virginia. He was against secession and slavery.
He fought for the South because he did not believe that
the US had the right to force the South back. When the
War ended at Appomattox, some Southerners wanted to
keep fighting. He told them that it was time to accept
that they had lost and to unite as Americans.
 Frederick Douglas: He was a former (enslaved African
American) slave who became a famous abolitionist
speaker and writer. He encouraged Lincoln to use
former slaves in the Union Army.
Emancipation Proclamation
 Freed the slaves that lived in the “rebelling” states, the
Southern states that had seceded. Slaves living in border
states were not freed because Lincoln did not want to
anger these states.
 Made the abolition of slavery a goal of the Northern
Army.
 Prevented foreign countries from wanting to help the
South win the War. Other countries did not want to
fight to protect slavery.
 Allowed the enlistment of African-American soldiers in
the Union Army.
Gettysburg Address
 In this famous speech, Lincoln said that the Civil War
was a struggle to save a nation that was dedicated to the
idea “that all men are created equal” and that was ruled
by a government “of the people, by the people, and for
the people.”
 Lincoln believed that the US was “one nation” and not a
collection of sovereign states. Southerners believed that
each state had freely joined the Union and could freely
leave.
Key Leaders and Their Roles
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
Ulysses S. Grant
Gettysburg Address Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
The President of the United States of America who was willing to fight
to bring the South back into the US.
The President of the Confederate States of America (the Southern
states that had seceded).
The general of the Army of Northern Virginia who led the Southern
army. He convinced the Southern states to accept defeat.
The general for the US Army who was able to succeed after other
generals had failed.
A leading abolitionist who had once been a slave. He urged Lincoln to
allow African-Americans to fight in the Northern Army.
A famous speech that Abraham Lincoln gave that said that the Civil
War was a test of democracy.