Life Before & Events Leading to Civil War Quiz Review

Daily Life: Worked on small farms, some moved to cities to work in factories and lived in poor conditions. Power in Society: Not as powerful as elite, but white men could vote. Political Issues: Pro-Homesteading, Pro-Railroad, Anti-Slavery in West.

• Northern Workers
• Northern Elite
• Southern Farmers
• Enslaved People
• Western Farmers

Daily Life: Owned manufacturing businesses, comfortable life, wealthy. Power in Society: Very powerful/influential, held political offices, made laws. Political Issues: Pro-Railroad, Both Pro/Anti-Slavery, Concerns about Homesteading.

• Northern Workers
• Northern Elite
• Southern Farmers
• Enslaved People
• Western Farmers

Daily Life: Varied; Some were small farmers and others were planters (Plantation owners). Power in Society: Range from very powerful to somewhat powerful. Political Issues: Anti-Railroad, Pro-Slavery, Pro-Slavery in the West

• Northern Workers
• Northern Elite
• Southern Farmers
• Enslaved People
• Western Farmers

Daily Life: Difficult life, No Freedom, Tried to Resist slavery in various ways. Power in Society: No power, laws were in place to protect and enforce slavery. Political Issues: Pro-Abolition of Slavery

• Northern Workers
• Northern Elite
• Southern Farmers
• Enslaved People
• Western Farmers

Daily Life: Self-Sufficient Life on Farms, Faced Many Challenges. Power in Society: Social classes similar to life in the East. Political Issues: Pro-Railroad, Pro-Homesteading, Ant-Slavery in West

• Northern Workers
• Northern Elite
• Southern Farmers
• Enslaved People
• Western Farmers

Southerners wanted the West to be open to slavery while Northerners did not. Congress created a compromise: 5 laws with both Northern and Southern victories. This law appeased both sides and prevented (at least for a time) a civil war.

• Compromise of 1850
• John Brown's Raid
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Bleeding Kansas
• Dred Scott vs Sanford (Dred Scott Decison)

Passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, required Northerners to find runaway slaves and return them to their owners. Northerners were outraged and felt the law was unfair.

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Bleeding Kansas
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Compromise of 1850
• John Brown's Raid

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a novel meant to convince readers that slavery is evil. This book increased tension between the North and the South. In addition, it convinced some that slavery should be ended.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Compromise of 1850
• John Brown's Raid

A new law allowed Kansas residents to vote on if slavery would be legal in the territory. Violence erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers. The conflict in Kansas was representative of the turmoil facing the country. The violence foreshadowed the Civil War.

• Bleeding Kansas
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act
• John Brown's Raid

The Supreme Court ruled that Black Americans are not citizens and that slavery in the territories can't be outlawed by Congress. Northerners were angered by the decision while Southerners celebrated it. Despite the ruling, it seemed that the matter of slavery was not settled.

• Dred Scott vs Sanford (Dred Scott Decison)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act
• John Brown's Raid