Sectionalism and Civil War Era - 1820-1865

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Sectionalism

Term for loyalty to, and personal identification with, a section of the U.S. (like the South).

Geography of the ________ : cool climate, rocky soil, fast rivers, fishing resources.

The ______ had large plantations, family farms, and large slave populations.

The West had small farms, mining, and ____ trapping.

North's urban/larger populations and reform movements were ___________ characteristics.

____ of 1828 reduced imports, helped northern factories, and hurt southern consumers and exporters.

Compromise

True or false. Daniel Webster was anti-slavery, pro-tariff, and for a strong federal government.

True or false. John C. Calhoun was anti-slavery, pro-tariff, and for a strong federal government.

The _________ compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

True or false. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) ruled slaves were property (not citizens) and slavery could not be prohibited in the territories.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted ___________ as a free state and enacted the Fugitive Slave Act.

South Carolina declared a federal law illegal and nullified, resulting in the ________ ________.

Slavery

In the North, ______ blacks were able to organize, speak against slavery, and attend church.

Sectionalism and North-South conficts over slavery, tariffs, and states' rights led to ____ War.

True or false. Southerners believed Lincoln would abolish slavery (big part of southern wealth).

True or false. Clear laws established whether new states would be slave or free.

President ___________ was elected in 1860 with 40% of the popular vote and no southern support.

The ____________ was formed when southern states seceded from the Union.

Events

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort ___________ in 1861.

The Battle of _________ won the Mississippi River (western theater turning point) for the Union.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated ________ _______, preventing him from leading Reconstruction.

The Battle of _________ was the turning point of the Civil War in the eastern theater.

In the year ________, General Lee surrendured to General Grant at Appomattox Court House.

Lincoln issued the ____________ _____________ which declared slaves in Confederacy free.

People

President of the Union: ______ _______.

General of the Confederate Army: ________ __ __________.

General of the Union Army: ________ __ __________.

President of the Confederacy: ______ _______.

Wrote uplifting "Battle Hymn of the Republic" which was sung by Union troops: ______ _____ ____.

Medal of Honor recipient, soldier, runaway slave.