Let's work it out
First deal that kept the balance between free and slave states equal.
What is the Missouri Compromise
I am known as the 'Great Compromiser" because I came up with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay
Our Political Party really angered Southern Democrats because we completely were against the spread of Slavery.
Who are the Free Soilers
Northerners proclaimed this person to be a martyr
Who is John Brown
While slavery is the main cause of the Civil War, this is the word that southern states used to argue their right to have slavery.
What is states' rights.
"Location/Place" that needs to be kept balanced between free and slave states.
What is the Senate
My election victory lead to 7 states leaving the Union and creating their own Country
Who is Abraham Lincoln
After the Harper's Ferry insurrection, John Brown was charged and convicted of this crime~only crime defined in the US Constitution.
What is Treason
This is the part of the Compromise of 1850 that Northerners, especially Abolitionists, hated
What is the Fugitive Slave Law
Abraham Lincoln's Debates with this person only focused on the expansion of slavery
Who is Stephen Douglass
Slavery is not allowed above this.
What is the Missouri Compromise Line (36ยบ30N)
When I met Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, the first thing he said to me was, "So you are the little lady, that wrote the book, that started this Great War."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
Because of my actions, Southern states passed stronger Slave Codes because they feared more enslaved people would follow my lead.
Who is Nat Turner
Southern States banned the selling of this
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
The attack on this was the official state of the Civil War
What is the attack on Ft. Sumter
I proposed the idea to just let the people decide by voting on where slavery can be allowed (aka Popular Sovereignty)
Who is Steven Douglass
After I gave a speech attacking and blaming a southern Senator for the "Crimes Against Kansas", I was beaten on the floor of the Senate with a cane.
Who is Charles Sumner
John Brown and his sons came to this in Kansas town and pulled 5 proslavery settlers from their homes and murdered them.
What is Pottowatomie Creek, Kansas
This allowed slavery to expand in areas that had been closed to slavery for over 30 years.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Democratic Party had plans to expand slavery into these territories.
What is Cuba and Central America
All four parts, including the Fugitive Slave Law, had to be passed one at a time, in order for Congress to support this.
What is the Compromise of 1850
My Uncle was verbally attacked on the Senate floor by another senator and blamed for "Bleeding Kansas". To retaliate, I beat the senator with a cane.
Who is Preston Brooks
The court case ruling that supported the belief that enslaved people were property (the actual name of the Court Case)
What is Scott vs. Sanford
This ruled that the Missouri Compromise Line was unconstitutional.
What is the Dred Scott Case
Abraham Lincoln's prediction that the war was unavoidable/going to happen.
"A House divided against itself cannot stand"