A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people.

Why did the Republican Party form?

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

Taxes on imported goods

Why did the North support tariffs?

the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery.

a state that allowed slavery

a state that did not allow slavery

A slave sued for his freedom, but he lost. The judge ruled that slaves were property. Also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

To leave or withdraw

Northern Civil War strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi River

What was the Southern economy was based on?

Factories and industries

What is considered the starting point of the Civil War?

One of the best senior officers in the US Army. Was offered to lead troops for the Union. Even though he was against slavery, he choose to fight with his home state of Virginia and lead troops for the Confederacy.

President of the Union during the Civil War. He opposed the expansion of slavery. He thought slavery was immoral.

President of the Confederate States of America

Southern states began to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S. Why did they begin to secede?

Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?

Where were most of the railroads (north or south)?

Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought?

People of each state could vote to have slavery or not

Name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War

Name of the North during the Civil War

enough; adequate

Military Rule

Why did Lincoln declare martial law?

What were three main advantages the North had over the South?