Test Review Sheet – Pre-Civil War
America
Know and understand the significance of each of these as long-term causes of the Civil War. This will not be taken for a grade, but you should be able to show understanding of each term.
Missouri
Compromise
Manifest destiny
Annexation of Texas
Causes of sectional tension
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown
Dred Scott case
Harper’s Ferry
Republican/Lincoln’s position on slavery
Southern Democratic Party position on slavery
Election of 1860
Secession
Immediate cause
Northern advantages in war
Southern advantages in war |
