People
Events
1850s
Presidents
Lincoln
100
Who is the Black Abolitionist that convinced Lincoln to allow blacks to serve in the Union Army?
Who is Frederick Douglass
100
What state was allowed into the Union in the Compromise of 1850?
What is California
100
What was the major issue facing the nation during the 1850s
What is slavery
100
Which President achieved manifest destiny
Who is James K. Polk
100
Abraham Lincoln's nickname
What is "honest Abe"
200
Who murdered and mutilated 5 people at Potowatamie Creek
Who is John Brown
200
The purpose of this event was to establish the southern boundary of Texas
What is Mexican War
200
the Great Compromiser
Who is Henry Clay
200
Which president during the 1850s was thought to be poisened and his body was exhumed in 1991
Who is Taylor
200
What new political party was Lincoln a member of
What is Republican
300
Who was told that he was not a citizen and could sue in court?
Who is Dredd Scott
300
Abraham Lincoln was elected in what year.
What is 1860
300
separated the Louisiana Territory into 2 territories and allowed popular sovereignty to determine whether it would be a slave state or free state
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act
300
Whose son was decipated in a train wreck on their way to the White House
Who is Pierce
300
Who did Lincoln lose to in 1858 in his run for the Illinois Senate seat
Who is Stephen Douglass
400
the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
What was the burning and looting of the town of Lawerence by a pro-slavery group and the murder and mutilation of 5 people in Potowatami Creek
What is "Bleeding Kansas"
400
What instituted a strong fugitive slave law
What is Compromise of 1850
400
Who was the "accidental President" in this chapter
Who is Fillmore
400
What proposal did Lincoln support in Congress regarding slavery
What is the Wilmot Proviso
500
Who wrote the Freeport Doctrine
Who is Stephen Douglas
500
What event gave the "49ers" this nickname
What is the California Gold Rush
500
this was leaked to the press by anti-expansionists (hint: a plot to seize Cuba)
What is the Ostend Manifesto
500
Who is listed as the worst or one of the worst Presidents in history (in this chapter)
Who is Buchanon
500
What was Lincoln's occupation prior to becoming involved in politics
What is a lawyer
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