events leading into the civil war

• What did the south rely on for its economy? (How did it make money)?

  Farming, Slave Labor
• What were the two important issues that increased tensions between the northern and southern states?

  States Rights, Slavery
• What did the north rely on for its economy? (How did it make money)?

  Factories, Businesses
• What did the doctrine of nullification do to the tariff set in 1832?


  State that the tariff of 1828 was not valid in South California.
• In 1828, President Jackson put a tariff on imported goods to help northern industries.
• When was the Tariff of 1828 lowered by Congress?

  1833
• What are state’s rights?

  The authority to govern what goes on inside their borders.
• “Soon, arguments began to arise between the North and the South over whether slavery should be allowed in new states added to the union. Kentucky Senator Henry Clay convinced Congress that there must be a compromise in order to make both sides happy. “
• In 1820, the Missouri Compromise was taken into effect. What did it do?


  Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Limited areas for slave and free states, beyond certain points.
• What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

  Admit California as a free state.
• What was the GA Platform?

  Stated that GA was willing to accept the Compromise of 1850 as long as the north complied with the Fugitive Slave act.
• What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

  Required that runaway slaves were to be returned to the South even if they had made it to free territory, punishing whoever helped runaways.
• Who was Dred Scott?

  A Missouri slave that attempted to sue for his freedom
• How was the Dred Scott v. Sanford Case settled?

  Dred Scott did not win.
• Why was the case so important?

  Opened the eyes of many, the ruling considering those enslaved not apart of the US, therefore, could not support from the government or the law system
• What party was formed opposing the spread of slavery?

  The Republican Party
• Who won the election on November 6th, 1860?

  Abraham Lincoln
• What state seceded from the Union on December 20th, 1860?

  South Carolina
• “When South Carolina seceded from the Union, Georgians were divided in two. One group, including Governor Joseph Brown, wanted to leave the Union right away. Alexander Stephens disagreed and said that Lincoln was not the South’s enemy.”

  Georgia legislature called a special secession convention to vote on the issue stated above, what was the ruling of the Delegates?

  166 to 130
• When did Georgia leave the Union?

  January of 1861