2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Antebellum North & South Road to Civil War Causes & Advantages Horrors of War Civil War Potpourri

Two words: one word that describes the north’s economic base and the second that describes the south’s economic base.

What was industrial and agricultural? 1

This was the South’s nickname, based on the name of the region’s chief export.

What was King Cotton? 2

This was the expression, used in the North, to express anti-immigrant (especially anti Irish) sentiment, in hiring.

What is NINA, or “No Irish Need Apply”? 3

These are five of the seven parts of the South’s social structure, in order, from highest to lowest.

What is / are Planters, small Slave owners, small farmers, laborer / tenants, poor whites, free blacks, & / or slaves? 4

These are the four things that Americans feared about immigrants, based on the Americans’ perceptions of the immigrants.

What are threat to American way of life, economy (“taking our jobs”), religion (popery), and language? 5

This was the radical abolitionist who led 19 others to attack a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, VA.

Who is John Brown? 1

This was the US Supreme Court Chief Justice who wrote the infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, in 1857.

Who is Roger Taney? 2

This was the name of the location, whose surrender resulted in the beginning of the Civil War.

What was Fort Sumter? 3

These are four justifications for the pro slavery position.

What are (1) slaves were inferior / uncivilized / child Like; (2) “classical” civilizations used slaves; (3) Better than “wage slave” Northern system; (4) “Cotton Kingdom” & US depended on slavery; (5) Bible upheld slavery; (6) Slavery was profitable; (7) Fear of change in relationship between whites & blacks; (8) No alternative to slavery; OR (9) in South slavery seen as a positive good because it unified the region? 4

Of the following list, these are The four border states that JOINED the Confederacy. Arkansas, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky

What are Arkansas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee? 5

These were the two European trading partners with the South, to whom the South Looked to for an alliance.

Who were Great Britain and France? 1

These are three of the North’s advantages in the Civil War.

What were more states, larger population, 90% of industrial capacity, more railroads, ¾ of financial resources, and control of US Navy? 2

These are three causes of the Civil War, BESIDES slavery and preserving the Union.

What are economic causes, nature of the federal union, control over the Central government, cultural differences, fanaticism, and lack of leadership for compromise? 3

These are three of the advantages of the South, in the Civil War.

What are geographically compact group of states, fighting a defensive war, outstanding military leaders & friendship of Britain, France? 4

These are the four reasons we discussed in class why Slavery was not the ONLY Cause of the Civil War.

What is vast majority of southerners not slave owners, vast majority of northerners not abolitionists, Lincoln didn’t threaten slavery in South, and four slave states stayed in Union, with slavery intact? 5

This is the technique of making grooves in the barrels of guns and cannon that increased their range and accuracy during the War.

What is rifling? 1

This is the name of the disease that many soldiers contracted from drinking dirty water; it could cause their death, due to dehydration.

What was dysentery? 2

These were the three parts of the Anaconda plan, the Northern strategy for victory in the War.

What was blockade southern coastline, divide the Confederacy in half along the Mississippi, and capture Richmond? 3

These were two of the three flaws in the Southern goal of getting recognized by Britain and France.

What are risks to trade with North, risk war for violating Monroe Doctrine, and risk of public unrest for allying with slave owning South? 4

These three facts explain why Historians know so much About the Civil War.

What are this was the first recorded war, the American population was largely literate, and there was little military censorship? 5

This is the name of the General who led the Confederate forces at such battles as Antietam and Gettysburg.

Who is Lee? 1

This is the name of the system doctors developed to treat the wounded; it divides wounded into three groups, depending upon their survivability chances.

What is triage? 2

This is the name of the man who won the US Senate seat from Illinois, in 1858; there were a series of debates between he and another candidate about expansion of slavery into the territories during the campaign.

Who was Stephen Douglas? 3

This is how the South perceived the election of Abraham Lincoln, and explained why they felt they had to secede.

What is radicalization of the North on the issue of slavery? 4

This was the name of a notorious Confederate prison camp, referenced in the “Reality of War” reading; thousands of union soldiers died there.

What is Andersonville? 5