People
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Laws
Secession
100
He became well-known because of a series of debates in the Illinois Senate Race
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
to withdraw or separate from
What is secede?
100
Abraham Lincoln called her the "little lady who started this big war".
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
This law proposed allowing those living in remaining Louisiana territories to vote on the issue of whether or not to allow slavery.
What is the Kansas - Nebraska Act?
100
He was the first and only president of the CSA.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
A slave who sued for his freedom
Who is Dred Scott?
200
allowing the people of a territory to vote on whether to allow slavery or not
What is Popular Sovereignty?
200
nickname for Henry Clay
What is "The Great Compromiser"?
200
Part of it was accepting California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
200
The first state to secede
What is South Carolina?
300
This abolitionist took part in a raid on a Kansas town and planned to lead a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown
300
Location of an attack on a federal arsenal
What is Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
300
Influential Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas was known by this nickname.
What is "the Little Giant"
300
This law required people in the north to help capture runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
300
This is the formal name of the states who seceded from the U.S.
What is the Confederate States of America?
400
This Illinois Senator proposed allowing popular sovereignty to get southerners to think about him as a presidential candidate
Who is Stephen A. Douglas
400
formed by Northern Whigs and abolitionists with a platform to stop the expansion of slavery
What is the Republican Party?
400
known as the event when violence spread to the U.S. Capitol
What is "bleeding Sumner"?
400
The violence that was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was known as:
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
400
This state was formed at the beginning of the Civil War.
What is West Virginia?
500
The chief justice of the supreme court who ruled against Dred Scott
Who is Roger B. Taney?
500
book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
500
This Californian was the 1st Republican candidate for president and was known as "the Pathfinder"
Who is John C. Fremont?
500
This law was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
500
What event did southern states use as a reason for seceding?
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
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