Civil War – Flashcard

Which argument did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern States?

The abolitionist movement, the women's suffrage movement, and the 1960's civil rights movement are all examples of reform efforts that

Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln's justification for the Civil War?

A major result of the Civil War was that the

Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because

"By the 1850's, the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord."

Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to

The rulings of the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857), Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and Korematsu v. United States (1944) all demonstrate that the Supreme Court has

"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri To Enter Union" (1820) "California Admitted to Union as Free State" (1850) "Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)

Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." -Abraham Lincoln, 1858 According to this quotation, Abraham Lincoln believed that

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. . . . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. . . ." -Abraham Lincoln, 1858 The "divided house" referred to in this speech was caused primarily by

As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

The Civil War affected the northern economy by

The North's rapid economic growth during the Civil War was stimulated by

In the 1850s, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?