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In 1854, Congress passed a law that allowed settlers in these territories to decide for themselves what to do about slavery, a concept known as popular sovereignty. What territories were these?
Kansas and Nebraska
100
Who was elected president of the United States in 1860 which caused many in the south to be angry?
Abraham Lincoln
100

Name one advantage the North had at the start of the war

more factories

more weapons

more people

railroads for transportation

100

Name one advantage that the South had at the start of the war.

More farms, more food

better trained soldiers and leaders

fighting on their own land

100

Why did John Brown raid an armory at Harper's Ferry?

to get weapons for a slave revolt

200

What and where were the border states? 

They were slave states that did not secede from the Union; Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia 

200
Who "rode" on the Underground Railroad?
Runaway slaves.
200
What was the sentiment (or feeling) about slavery in the North?
Against it.
200
What was the feeling about slavery in the south?
For it.
200

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

South Carolina 

300
Which part of the country felt that state governments should have more power than the federal government?
South
300
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all tried to settle what problem?
Slavery
300
Though many farms still existed in the north, more and more of its economy was becoming based on what?
Manufacturing (or factories.)
300
What was much of the South's economy based upon?
Agriculture (or farming.)
300

Who were the two candidates during the Presidential Election of 1860?

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

400

This act or compromise, amended the Fugitive Slave Act (made it easier to capture runaways) and admitted California into the Union as a free state.

Compromise of 1850

400
The Fugitive Slave Law required people to do what (even if they disagreed with slavery)?
Return runaway slaves to their owners.
400
What did many from the North feel government's structure should be?
The Federal government should be strong.
400
What did many in the south feel the structure of government should be?
States should have equal or more power than the federal government.
400

What was the Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were property, not citizens?

Dred Scott Decision

500
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
500

This law, passed in 1820, established Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also created an invisible line across the US; north of the line would be free, south would be slave.

The Missouri Compromise 

500
Describe what popular sovereignty is.
The right of people to make political decisions for themselves.
500
Name at least four states that seceded from the Union.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas
500

During this event, a series of violent civil confrontations between 1854 and 1859 happened over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas

Bleeding Kansas

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