Download Chapter 10 Review Sheet The Coming of the Civil War

Chapter 10 Review Sheet
The Coming of the Civil War
Chapter 10, Section 1 – Two Nations
BIG IDEA: In the 1850s, growing numbers of American believed that the North and South
were moving in different directions
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Why do some historians think the Civil War was unavoidable?
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What arguments did abolitionists use against slavery?
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How did Southerners view slavery?
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What were some important differences between the North and the South?
Key Terms
Union
obsolete
Prejudice
Chapter 10, Section 2 – The Mexican War and Slavery Extension
BIG IDEA – The annexation of Texas and the Mexican War of 1846-1848 extended the
boundaries of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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What events led to the annexation of Texas?
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Why did the United States go to war with Mexico?
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Why did the Wilmot Proviso lead to conflict?
Key Terms
manifest destiny
Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo
annex
Gadsden Purchase
Mexican War
Wilmot Proviso
Chapter 10, Section 3 – New Political Parties
BIG IDEA – A congressional compromise failed to end the disagreement over slavery in the
territories. Meanwhile, the political party system broke down as new political parties arose.
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What were the effects of the Missouri Compromise?
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What did the Compromise of 1850 accomplish?
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How did political parties change in the 1850s?
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Why did Stephen Douglas propose the Kansasa-Nebraska Act?
Key Terms
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
popular sovereignty
nativism
Chapter 10, Section 4 – The System Fails
BIG IDEA – After a series of violent clashes between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces,
Americans on both sides of the slavery issue became convinced that the other side was acting
against law and morality.
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Why did violence erupt in Kansas in the mid-1850s?
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How did slavery affect national politics in this period?
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What problems did the Lecompton Constitution cause?
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What important issues were discussed in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
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How did John Brown’s raid increase tensions between the North and South?
Key Terms
Free soiler
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Dred Scott v. Sanford
arsenal
Chapter 10, Section 5 – A Nation Divided Against Itself
BIG IDEA – After Lincoln’s election as President in 1860, seven southern states left the
Union. In April, 1861, the first shots were fired, and the nation plunged into civil war.
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How did the election of 1860 demonstrate the split between the North and the South?
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What concerns led the Lower South to secede from the Union?
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What event started the Civil War?
Key Terms
Border states
Confederate States of America
Lower South
Fort Sumter
Secessionist
Upper South