1. AHSGE Chapter 5 1
Secession and Resistance
Seceding – Leaving the_______________.
Economic, Social, and Political Differences
South
a. Agrarian (______________) economy.
b. Plantation system relied on_______________.
c. ______________little, imported much, so opposed to
high____________.
North
a. ________________economy based on manufacturing.
b. Did not use ______________labor.
c. Wanted high tariffs to protect own____________.
Countdown to Secession
• Missouri Compromise – Missouri admitted as ____________state,
Maine admitted as _____________state to keep balance in Congress
equal. No _______north of 36° 30 ° N parallel line.
• Compromise of 1850 –_______________and unorganized western
territory admitted as____________. Utah and New Mexico
Territories would be open to slavery by
_______________sovereignty (people living in the area would vote
for _______________or not.)
• Fugitive Slave Law – part of Compromise of 1850.
_____________states had to _____________return escaped slaves
to their __________in the South.
• Kansas-Nebraska Act – Territories of Kansas and Nebraska could
decide on _____________through popular sovereignty. Basically
_____________the _______________Compromise. Conflicts
erupted between pro-slavery and abolitionists who had moved into
Kansas to sway the voting. Known as ______________Kansas.
• Free–soilers – political party that ______________no slavery should
be allowed in new_______________.
Chunk # 1 Dred Scott (Turn to page 64. Read aloud 1857 – The Dred Scott Decision
and complete the following.
a. Dred Scott was a slave in . His owner took him onto
Northern soil.

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b. Scott lived in the Wisconsin Territory for years with
his owner.
c. Scott sued for his freedom, and his case reached the
Court.
d. The Supreme Court ruled:
1) Slaves were not according to the Constitution.
2) Dred Scott was not a citizen, so he had no right to bring a
case to federal .
3) Just because Scott spent time on soil, it did not
make him free.
• Dred Scott Decision – Dred Scott was a _____________in Missouri
taken to _______________(free territory). Sued for freedom when
owner ________________to Missouri. Supreme Court said:
1.) Slaves were not_____________.
2.) Dred Scott had no right to bring case to
_______________court.
3.) Just because he spent time on ______________soil did not
make him free.
• Abraham Lincoln – _______________(and future president) who ran
for Senate seat in ______________against Stephen Douglas.
• Freeport Doctrine – idea of Stephen ________________that stated
if a _____________had no slave___________, it could not have
slaves.
• John Brown – fiery _____________who led a raid on
______________Ferry arsenal to arm the slaves for
a_____________.
Efforts to restore the Union
• Abraham Lincoln - wins the presidency which ____________many
southerners. Lincoln believes there should be no _______________in
the new territories. He also stated that no state can
______________get out of the________________.
• December 20, 1860- South Carolina _____________from the
Union.

3. • Jefferson Davis – elected ______________of the 3
________________States of America at a _____________held in
Montgomery, Alabama (first _____________of the Confederacy.)
Fort Sumter
• Fort Sumter – Fort in South Carolina where the first
___________of the Civil War were____________.
Battle Lines are Drawn
• Lincoln calls for _______________troops to _____________the
Union.
• _____________states were Kentucky, Missouri and Maryland.
• ______________of the Confederacy was moved from Montgomery,
Alabama to _______________,Virginia.
Pockets of Resistance to Secession in the South
• Winston County, Alabama – County in North Alabama that stayed
_______________(taking neither one side nor the other) throughout
the war.
• Western Counties of Virginia – Counties in Western Virginia felt
more ____________to the ____________than those counties in
Eastern Virginia. When Virginia __________from the Union, the
western counties formed a separate____________. In 1863, this
group of counties became the state of____________
_____________.
The Union’s Military Strategy
North
Goal: ____________the Southern states to _________the Union.
____________the South.
CHUNK #2 Pg 69. Graphic Organizer – Read the Union’s Military Strategy and name
the three strategies of the Union army.
Union Military
Strategy

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• Invade the _______________.
• Destroy the South’s ability to __________war.
• Lower ___________of the South so the South would no
longer_________.
• Anaconda Plan – Strategy to ___________the South in tighter and
tighter circles until the Confederate ___________lines were cut and
the fighting spirit of the South was____________.
The Confederacy's Military Strategy
South
Goal: Force the Union to recognize the __________of southern states
to_______________.
CHUNK # 3 Pg 69 Graphic Organizer – Read the Confederacy’s Military Strategy
and name the three strategies of the Confederate army
Confederate
Military
Strategies
• ____________the War until the North ____________of fighting.
• Convince _______________ nations to support the South in its goals.
• Convince _________________nations to support the South in its
goals.
The Confederacy had two distinct advantages over the Union.
1. The South would fight a _____________war over terrain and in a
_____________they were familiar with.
2. The South had better _______________and more
_________________generals than the North.
• Bull Run – The ____________battle of the Civil War. Both sides
realized the war would be ______________and______________.