people
Who was the Great Compromiser?
Henry Clay
The term used to describe the expectation that American should exist from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
What started in 1846 when Polk marched men to the Rio Grande River
Mexican War
In what part of the US was slavery not allowed, but it had the biggest slave trading market?
Washington, DC
What Supreme court Case said that slaves were considered property and not human beings and their owners could travel wherever they wanted with their property?
Dred Scott Case
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The idea that it should be the peoples' duty to vote on a specific topic
popular soverignty
Three states/areas that were acquired because of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalo
Texas, California, New Mexico
According to the Missouri Compromise, the state came in as a slave state?
Missouri--
Who was an abolitionist and raided Harper's Ferry. Later, he and his sons were hanged
John Brown
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
another word for agreement between two or more groups
Compromise
Because of the Missouri Compromise, what states would be allowed to be slave states?
those to the south of 36, 30
What state came in as a free state according to the Missouri Compromise?
California
the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, thousands of pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded into this state, creating what?
Bleeding Kansas
Who ran against Abraham Lincoln for Senate in 1858?
Stephen Douglas
another word meaning "to break away from"
secede; secession
Because of the Missouri compromise, what state was admitted as a free state?
Maine
What law required that anyone, including those in the north, return runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave law
Many historians believed that the Civil War really started where...and when?
Kansas, 1854
What was the name of the slave who said he should be free because he moved to a free state?
Dred Scott
The political party that was formed in 1854 because it was opposed to the expansion of slavery
Republican Party
What was found at Sutter's Mill in 1849?
Gold
What act said that popular sovereignty would decide decided if slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who became President of the Union in 1860? Who became president of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis