Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 without southern support
The Fugitive Slave Act required ordinary citizens to help capture runaways
The book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, depicted African Americans as real people imprisoned in dreadful circumstances
Outraged Southerners believed that the Constitution gave them the right to veto the Wilmot Proviso
Dred Scott was a Missouri slave who had taken by his master to live in free territory before returning with his master to Missouri
With few financial resources and little industry, the South suffered more inflation and critical shortages during the Civil War than did the North
At the start of the Civil War, the South had more trained military leaders than did the North because most of the country’s military colleges were in the South
The North experienced an economic boom because of the Civil War
As the Civil War began, President Lincoln’s goal was to preserve the Union, even if it meant allowing slavery to continue
Many historians consider Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriett Beecher Stowe, to be one of the causes of the Civil War
Cotton Whigs were Northern Whigs who had ties to Northern cloth manufacturers and voted with Southern Whigs to nominate Zachery Taylor for president
The politician who said “a house divided against itself cannot stand” was Abraham Lincoln
Because of his role in promoting the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and solving the nullification crisis in 1833, Henry Clay was nicknamed “The Great Compromiser.”
In 1849 thousands of people came to California because- Gold had been discovered there
The Know-Nothings were anti-Catholic and nativist
The original purpose of the Gadsen Purchase was to create a route for a railroad
In his inaugural speech, President Lincoln repeated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed, Northerners headed for Kansas because they wanted to create an antislavery majority there
Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did Washington DC would be surrounded by Confederate territory
Most members of the Free-Soil Party opposed the spread of slavery because they believed that allowing slavery to expand would make it difficult for free men to find work
The Wilmot Proviso, which never passed, would have prohibited slavery in any territory gained from Mexico
The most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad was Harriet Tubman
The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case considered Free Soil unconstitutional
Robert E. Lee did not accept command of the Union troops because he could/would not fight against Virginia
John Brown’s intention in raiding the arsenal at Harpers Ferry was to arm enslaved people and begin an insurrection against slaveholders
Lincoln suspended writs of habeas corpus. As a result a person could be imprisoned indefinitely without trial
Citizens of the South suffered food shortages during the Civil War because the South’s transportation system had collapsed and Union troops occupied several important agricultural regions
In response to the South’s treatment of African American troops, Lincoln stopped all prisoner exchanges
Jefferson Davis wanted to fight a war of attrition, in which the South would avoid large battles and force the North to exhaust its resources
The prison in the South where 13,000 captured Union soldiers died was Andersonville
The capture of Chattanooga was an important objective for Union forces because they would then control a major railroad running south to Atlanta
The North enjoyed the following were advantages over the South- A larger population, more industry, and more miles of railroad tracks
Benjamin Grierson’s forces traveled 600 miles in order to distract Confederate forces so Grant could land south of Vicksburg
In the election of 1864, candidate George McClellan promised to stop the fighting and negotiate
The Emancipation Proclamation decreed freedom for all enslaved people In the states at war with the Union
The Confederate commander at Vicksburg surrendered because his troops were starving
The Trent Affair brought the Union close to war with Britain
Hardtack was a type of biscuit
After Lincoln fired McClellan, he gave command of the army to a series of generals, including Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant
The Thirteenth (13th)Amendment to the Constitution banned slavery in the US
Farragut’s victory at Mobile Bay was important because blockade runners could no longer use any port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River
