Compromises
What two states were added in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine and Missouri
What region of the United States was slavery prevalent?
The South
The economy of the South was mainly based on what?
Agriculture
Who won the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the fighting in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery called?
Bleeding Kansas
What was the Compromise called that added California to the United States?
Compromise of 1850
What was the law called that required people in northern states to return runaway slaves to their owners in the southern states.
The economy of the North was mainly based on?
Industrialism
What idea did Stephen Douglas come up with as a way to decide if New states added to the Country would be a slave state or free state?
Popular Sovereignty
Who was the man that went down to Kansas and raided Harpers Ferry to attempt to put an end to slavery?
John Brown
What was the compromise that came out of the Missouri Compromise
36-30 line. States above the line would be added as free states. States below the line would be added as Slave states.
Dred Scott sued his owner because his owner moved to a free state, this led Dred Scott to believe he was no longer a slave.
Why did the North not have a need for slave labor?
High amounts of immigrant labor, and the use of child labor
Democratic party
States fighting over the right to own slaves
Why was it important for the United States to keep a balance of Free states and Slave states?
So one side did not have more power than the other, and the southern states would not secede
How did the fugitive slave act negatively affect people in the north?
They could be arrested or fined for helping runaway slaves
How did the climate play a role in making the economies of the North and South different?
South had hot weather which was good for growing crops
North did not have a good farming climate which led to them industrializing
Preserve the union
What were the people called who went to Kansas from other states to vote on whether it would be a slave state or free state?
Border Ruffians
What was the law that was passed that declared all states added from the Mexican cession would be free states?
Wilmot Proviso
What was the name of the abolitionist who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How are these economic differences going to affect both sides for the Civil War
North is going to be able to manufacture goods such as ammunition weapons and clothing.
South has an abundance of food and can use cotton to create clothes and uniforms
Who was the president before the Election of 1860?
James Buchanan
How did the abolitionist movement lead to an increase in people wanting to abolish slavery?
The abolitionists exposed how bad slavery really was in the south