Compromises
The United States was kept together by a series of what
What is Compromises
Resulted in the Sack of Lawrence and the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
What is Bleeding Kansas
This was the main question as the North became more industrial and the South more dependent on slavery
What is the expansion of slavery in the western territories
Said that " A house divided against itself cannot stand"
The South's economy depended on this
What is slavery/cotton
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
Was the final straw that resulted in the Civil War
What is the Election of 1860/Abraham Lincoln
Resulted in Missouri becoming a slave state and Maine becoming a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise
Series of Debates in Illinois that made Abraham Lincoln Famous
What is the Lincoln-Douglas Debates
A tax on imported goods that makes them more expensive
What is a tariff
All states in the Louisiana Territory north of 36 30 were free while all states south of 36 30 were slave.
What is the Missouri Compromise
Revolt that ended without the help of slaves and with the execution of John Brown.
What is Harpers Ferry/John Brown's Raid
California was added to the US in this expansion
What is the Mexican Cession
Supported the Republican Party
What are Northern Businessman, Protestants, Free African Americans
Anti-Slavery book that enraged the south
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
Resulted in the end of the slave trade in DC, the admission of California as a state, and the Fugitive Slave Law
What is the Compromise of 1850
Ruling that stated that African Americans were not citizens under the constitution and did not have rights.
What is the Dred Scott Decision
Territorial expansion that added Illinois
What is the Northwest Ordinance
Was created due to opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska act and the expansion of slavery in the territories
What is the Republican Party
What is the Tariff of Abominations
Allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether they would allow slavery when they became states. Led to bleeding Kansas.
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act
South Carolina threatened to secede because they disagreed with the Tariff of Abominations and would not enforce it.
What is the Nullification Crisis
This result from the Mexican-American War resulted in further tension leading up to the civil war
What is the addition of new territory
Called for the abolition of slavery in the territory taken from Mexico
What is the Wilmot Proviso
Was bought from Mexico for 5 million Dollars
What is the Gadson Purchase