Road to secession
What radical abolitionist was provided money by Northern states
John Brown
Name one democratic party candidate
Stephen Douglas OR John C. Breckenridge
What compromise was the final try to keep the states in unity, the compromise extended the Missouri compromise line.
The Crittenden Compromise
How did President Lincoln approach the confederacy and the idea of slavery
He would keep slavery where it already is BUT would protect the union militarily
Where did John brown lead his uprising in 1859
Harpers Ferry
Who was the republican party nomination
Abraham Lincoln
Who became the president of the Confederate states of america
Jefferson Davis
In Alexander Stephens "cornerstone speech," how did Stephens approach the border states in regard to secession
Stephens believed that the Confederacy could win a civil war without the border states (he was wrong).
what area of America did the republican economic plan benefit
The Northern industrial economy
What ideological belief did Lincoln use during his campaign, this belief kept slavery in the territories it was already in but prevented it from spreading to new areas
Free-Soil
why was the Crittenden compromise revoked
because the compromise contradicted with the republican position of keeping slavery out of new territories
what is the significance of the attack on Fort Sumter
it marks the beginning of the Civil War
what southern export was in danger of becoming an unreliable source of money if high republican tariffs were part of the economy
cotton
what did southerners most fear for in the election of 1860
A republican candidate winning office
what small population of southerners had the most power when it came to the decision of secession
White, male, plantation owning slave owners (Planter class)
Does the following quote fall in the lines of the Union, or the Confederacy: "in your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.
Union idea.