3/6/2018

3/6/2018

Mr. Taylor
8^th Grade-US History

Civil War p.285-321 History Alive – 426-476 The American Nation

You may use any materials(books) in the classroom as reference.

Please answer in complete sentences only.

1)What is the difference between a “slave” state and a “free” state?

2)Define “secession”     
3) Describe the “Missouri Compromise”
4) Who was Nat Turner?
5) Describe the “Compromise of 1850”
6) Did a “slave state” have to allow slavery? Or was it a choice?
7) Who was Dred Scott, and why is his story important? (Hint: what was the final outcome of his trial?)
8) What was the first battle of the Civil War?      
9) List 1 strength and 1 weakness of the North:
List 1 strength and 1 weakness of the South:
10) List 3 battles and describe who won each.