Chapter 13 Study Guide

antebellum

The time before the war; usually referring to the civil war. 

North advantages

more factories, bigger population, more railroads

South advantages

home field advantage, long coastline, they didn’t have to win, better generals, expected foreign aid

The two places in the Constitution that the south uses as ok for slavery and states rights

Article 6 section 2, amendment 10

What is a tariff?

Taxes

Three reasons that make slavery in America different from any other time or place in history

* It jump-started human trafficking
* It was for life
* it was only Africans

Define gang system

Slaves would work from sun-up to sundown.

Define task system

Slaves would be assigned some tasks and then their free for the day

Define overseer

someone who would oversee slaves; usually a slave themselves

What was the Underground Railroad 

A pathway of safe-houses and abolitionist that helped the slaves escape

Who was Frederick Douglas?

A past slave who escaped to the north, huge abortionist, was a well published author.

Who was Harriett Tubman?

A past slave who took 13 trips to the south to free slaves

Why was Harriett Tubman known as the Moses of her people?

because she delivered them from slavery

What did William Lloyd Garrison and Horace Greeley do and say?

Christian abolitionist that Published newspaper that spoke out against slavery, called other Christians to denounce it and to work diligently to stop it.

Name at least the name of two Spirituals

Steal away to Jesus, Go down Moses

What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 say

that escaped slaves can be brought back to their plantations in the north.

What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin about

The american experience with slavery

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Who wrote the  Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Stephen Douglas

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say?

That each territory would choose if slavery was allowed or not.

Why was the Republican party created 

Because the parties had divided over slavery after the Kansas - Nebraska act

How was the Republican party created 

It was a combination of the Whigs, Northern Democrats, and the free soil party,

Who was James Buchanan?

A famous explorer, Military man who used to be a US senator who failed as a president

What happened in the Sumner-Brooks Episode

Senator Charles Sumner delivered an angry speech about the fighting in Kansas. For 2 days he verbally attacked his Colleagues who supported slavery. Especially Andrew Butler, few days later his cousin beat Sumner with a walking stick.

Who was Dred Scott

An elderly black man who was debated whether he was free or not.

Who was Roger Taney

A southerner who was Chief Justice in Dred Scott v. Sandford

Lincoln speech from the Lincoln/Douglas debates

"A house divided against itself cannot stand." \\n \\n I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half *slave* and half *free*. \\n \\n I do not expect the Union to be *dissolved* - I do not expect the house to *fall* - but I do expect it will cease to be divided.

Who was John Brown and what did he do 

An abolitionist who believed violence was the only way to prevent the war

Who are the 4 guys who ran for president in 1860 

Stephen Douglass, John C. Breckenridge, Abraham Lincoln, John Bell

when did south carolina secede from the union

1860

When and where were the Confederate States formed 

Montgomery Alabama, February 1, 1861

Who was the Confederate President

Jefferson Davis

Who was the Confederate Vice-President

Alexander Stephens

What happened at Fort Sumter 

The first battle of the civil war

Describe the process of West Virginia becoming a state 

The west part of Virginia disagreed with the rest of VA so they left to be apart of the union.

What are the 4 border states and what two did Lincoln worry about the most 

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, Maryland and Delaware

Who was the Confederate General near Fort Sumter

PGT Beauregard

Lincoln takes office 3/4/1861 what does he say to the Southerns in his inaugural address?

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