Who?
Jefferson Davis
Who became the president of the Confederate States of America
The residents of Kansas and Nebraska could vote to decide the issue of slavery.
What was the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Uncle Tom's Cabin was authored by her.
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This caused South Carolina to be the first state to cecede from the US in 1861
What happened after Lincoln was elected in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was elected president of the United States of America in 1860?
This book was written in the North to explain the hardships that slaves had to suffer.
Where and why was Uncle Tom's Cabin written?
A abolitionist that became a martyr for the north after his capture and death.
Who was Nat Turner?
Maine was admitted to the Union as a free state under this compromise.
What was the Compromise of 1820?
Stephen A. Douglas
Who became famous as an orator while debating Abraham Lincoln.
This Act would allow the issue of slavery to be settled by in new territories by popular sovereignty.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
The political party that was formed with an anti-slavery platform regarding the new territories.
What is the Republican Party?
John Brown
Abolitionist who seized the arsenal at Harper's Ferry with intent to arm the slaves.
The North was outraged by this act that allowed southerners to come to the north to reclaim run away slaves.
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
The man who was a explorer, national hero and a candidate for president of the United States in 1856.
Who was John C. Fremont?
The Supreme Court Justice who prevailed in the Dred-Scott Decision.
Who was Roger Taney?