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Assignment: Civil War Study Guide
Civil War Study Guide: Due 8-31-11
(Part One: Multiple Choice)
Which was the leading cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
(States’ Rights was another cause)
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
Said that escaped slaves found in the North were
required to be returned to their owners in the
South.
Dred Scott was a slave.
Who was Dred Scott? What did the Dred Scott
Case say about the rights of slaves and slave
holders?
Slaves were considered property and had no
rights. Slave owners could move into free states
and territories and bring their slaves with them.
The South felt like they needed slavery
because….
Southern farmers wanted more enslaved people
to help produce cotton.
How did abolitionists express how they felt about
slavery?
They published antislavery newspapers and
spoke about slavery.
What are tariffs? Before the Civil War, who did
they benefit?
Tariffs are taxes on imported goods. The North
benefited from tariffs before the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln? What were his
personal beliefs about slavery?
President during the Civil War. He believed that
slavery was morally and socially wrong.
Part Two: Fill in the blank.
Compromise…What does it mean?
Means that two sides give up something in order
to reach an agreement to solve a conflict.
The Missouri Compromise/Compromise of
1850…What did they do?
Missouri Compromise: Allowed Missouri in to the
Union as a slave state and Maine in as a free
state.
What was the Confederacy? How was it different
from the Union?
What happened at Appomattox Court House?
Compromise of 1850: Allowed for California to
enter as a free state and popular sovereignty=
territories could decide if they wanted slavery or
not
Southern states that seceded from the Union.
They believed in slavery.
Northern states/did not believe in slavery for the
most part.
General Lee surrendered his army to General
Grant. This ended the Civil War
Part Three: What were the similarities and differences between the North and South? Please know
where each side stood according to the following (fill in-the-blank):
Beliefs about slavery
North: Abolished slavery
South: Allowed slavery
Type of economy
North: Industrial Economy
South: Agricultural Economy
Beliefs about government
North: Strong Federal Government
South: States’ Rights (states should have more
power than the federal government)
Part Four: Historical Figures (fill-in-the-blank/matching) List a fact that identifies each of these people.
Abraham Lincoln
Thought slavery was a “moral, social, and
political evil.
William Lloyd Garrison
Printed an antislavery newspaper called The
Liberator.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which described the
suffering of slaves.
Frederick Douglass
A well known abolitionist that escaped from
slavery. A writer that often spoke to white
audiences about slavery.
Led a rebellion against slave owners that resulted
in the killing of 59 people. As a result of this
rebellion, southern states passed laws to control
both enslaved and free blacks.
Was born into slavery and later spoke in favor of
abolition and women’s rights.
Nat Turner
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Led enslaved people to freedom by the
Underground Railroad.
John Brown
Led a raid on Harpers Ferry. Tried to give guns to
slaves to start a rebellion.
Dred Scott
An enslaved person from Missouri asked the
Supreme Court for his freedom. This decision
stated that enslaved people were considered
property.
Ran for Senate of Illinois as a Republican against
Abraham Lincoln. He wanted popular sovereignty
in the new territories.
He was elected president of the Confederacy
after the secession of the southern states.
Stephen Douglas
Jefferson Davis
Part Five: Battles and Campaigns-Explain why these battles were important in the outcome of the
Civil War.
Gettysburg
Lee had tried to invade the north. Union troops
won the battle, but both sides suffered many
casualties. Lee was driven back to Virginia. This
was a turning point for the Union.
Vicksburg
This was the final battle to control all of the
Mississippi River. After the Union won this battle,
it had cut the Confederacy in two and now
prevented them from moving soldiers and
supplies from east to west.
The Atlanta Campaign
This Union victory captured a key railroad city. It
ensured that the Confederacy could no longer
transport their supplies to their soldiers. The city
was burned-part of the TOTAL WAR strategy.
Sherman’s March to the Sea
This TOTAL WAR campaign marched the Union
through the state of Georgia from Atlanta to
Savannah. Homes and farms were burned,
livestock killed, etc. It destroyed the south’s
resources.
Part Seven: Short Answer
How did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, influence
people in the North about slavery? What did
Southerners think of the book?
This book made Northerners aware of the evils of
slavery and made many of them believe that it
should be abolished.
Southerners were angry about the book, saying
that is was not true and not accurate.
How did Northerners feel about John Brown’s
raid on Harper’s Ferry? How was that different
from how Southerners felt about it?
Northerners thought of Brown as a hero, standing
up for what he believed was right.
Southerners thought of Brown as a threat to their
way of life. They were afraid that this would
encourage other people to try to start slave
revolts.