Slavery
Causes of the Civil War
Individuals
Events
Anything Goes
100
The creation of what invention "reinvigorated" slavery?
What is the COTTON GIN
100
What unadopted Proviso would have banned slavery in the territories gained during the Mexican-American War?
What is WILMOT PROVISO
100
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by ________
What is STOWE
100
John Tyler joined the Whig party because of his hatred of what individual?
Who is ANDREW JACKSON
100
What type of farmer were most southern farmers before the Civil War?
What is SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
200
What percent of white southerners owned slaves?
What is 25%
200
What political party grew out of the blunder of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What is the REPUBLICAN PARTY
200
"Appeal to the Colored People of the World" was written by _____
Who is DAVID WALKER
200
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
What is the TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGO
200
Who opened up trade with Japan in the 1850s?
What is MATTHEW PERRY
300
In 1839, enslaved Africans rose up aboard what Spanish slave ship?
What is AMISTAD
300
What 1857 Supreme Court decision protected slavery in all territories of the West?
What is DRED SCOTT v SANDFORD
300
The earliest known use of the term "Manifest Destiny" was by ________
What is JOHN O' SULLIVAN
300
What war was between Lumberjacks in Maine & Canadians?
What is the AROOSTOOK WAR
300
The addition of Oregon into the US was decided between the US & Great Britain at what line of latitude?
What is 49 degrees
400
What state did the Lecompton Constitution get written for that would have permitted slavery in some form?
What is KANSAS
400
In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas occurred in what cities sacking?
What is LAWRENCE
400
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Who is HARRIET TUBMAN
400
As a result of the Panic of 1837, several states defaulted on their debt to what country?
What is GREAT BRITAIN
400
What political party was centered on the support of Nativists ideals?
What is the "KNOW NOTHING PARTY" OR AMERICAN PARTY
500
What black leader supported the idea of recolonization of blacks back to Africa?
What is MARTIN DELANEY
500
Many northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the union until what event?
What is ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER
500
Who wrote the Seventh of March Speech calling for a more stringent fugitive slave law?
Who is DANIEL WEBSTER
500
For a short time in the 1850s, William Walker, seized control of what country?
What is NICARAGUA
500
What compromise did Lincoln NOT support because it would have continued the spread of slavery?
What is CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE
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